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> Only if you are willing to frame "providing a directory of people willing to share 1s and 0s with each other" as equivalent to holding someone up at gun/sword
by witty_username 10y ago
> Only if you are willing to frame "providing a directory of people willing to share 1s and 0s with each other" as equivalent to holding someone up at gun/sword point on the high seas.
You're misinterpreting the word piracy. Nobody said this.
- mSparks 10y agodefine:piracy ˈpʌɪrəsi noun 1. the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea. 2. the unauthorized use or reproduction of another's work. _____ The UK courts have extended that already to : 3. Providing an index dedicated to people reproducing another's work without authorisation. As per all the great bookmarks here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_the_United_Kingdom#Court_ordered_implementations_targeting_copyright_and_trademark_infringement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_th...
- barrkel 10y agoDissembling won't get you far in court.
- witty_username 10y agoGreat grandparent post did not mean the first meaning.