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> Plus, it adds weight to the (perceived) severity of the crime. What law was broken? Its like saying HBO breaks a law by having their shows exclusive to thei
by Fjolsvith 7y ago
> Plus, it adds weight to the (perceived) severity of the crime.
What law was broken? Its like saying HBO breaks a law by having their shows exclusive to their subscriber base.
- jimhefferon 7y agoMoral law?
- Fjolsvith 7y agoMorals are subjective.
- Pfhreak 7y agoAnd yet, we generally agree on some baseline human standards. Sure, maybe you can find examples of people who would think this is morally reasonable, but I would guess they are a pretty extreme minority.
- whatshisface 7y agoThe people involved in the negotiation, except for whoever leaked it, thought it was permissible by the baseline human standards.
- Fjolsvith 7y agoAnd people generally agree that HBO is within their rights to limit their programming to their subscriber base.
- jimhefferon 7y agoThey were wrong, though.
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- saturday14 7y agoJeez, are you comparing some stupid TV show with life saving vaccine/medicine - especially one for a contagious virus that threatens the entire planet??!! Not everything should be looked at with legal lens. Moral and ethical codes have much higher standards than legal, ya know?
- dictum 7y agoI'm very obviously not a lawyer nor lawmaker, but I'm under the impression that anything can be classified as an act of war as long as another country is willing to treat it as such, and other superpowers/blocs are willing to sign off on this assessment, and back it militarily and through sanctions/incentives. (Though this would all probably swept aside as soon as somebody reverse engineers the vaccine.)
- ptcampbell 7y agoWhat a depressing, callous analogy. You are comparing the IP of an entertainment product to a drug of significant consequence to the health of citizens throughout the world. Well done.