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Nobody's life should be ruined over something as banal as copyright infringement. Nobody. Period. Idealist or not. This should be enshrined in law.

by _bxg1 6y ago

akersten 6y ago
It's disgusting that we've allowed violation of copyright to be a criminal offense. It should be a civil offense at most, with no possibility of jail time. No wasting money extraditing Kim Dotcom from NZ, no ruining kids' lives for downloading music from the internet. I'm appalled at Disney, Comcast, and any other media giant that has successfully lobbied for the expansion of the monstrous copyright regime in the USA. Did you know the FBI wastes time looking into this kind of stuff? Shameful.
- ve55 6y ago
  Copyright laws are often some of the most user-hostile laws that regularly seem to be passed in many countries recently
  - _bxg1 6y ago
    It's a very efficient mechanism for a handful of very powerful companies to slurp a limitless amount of money up without doing any work. Once a work is created, people will pay for it over and over again forever. And where there's a money-making scheme, there's legislation to back it up.
- mindslight 6y ago
  Meanwhile, "we address the predominant form of theft in the US with civil court cases, not criminal cases" : https://twitter.com/djmckenna00/status/1269218616861437952 https://twitter.com/djmckenna00/status/1269218616861437952
- prirun 6y ago
  Did you know that the Dept of Homeland Security wastes time on copyright violations? Truly shameful.
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neurostimulant 6y ago
And it's due to copying academic journals, which are mostly funded by public grants money and should really be free to distribute. I feel really sad every time I remember this case.
dennis_jeeves 6y ago
While I completely agree with the sentiment, the horrifying truth is that bureaucrats aside, even common people are perfectly willing to ruin someone's life over a technicality. You and I are surrounded by such people.

Nobody's life should be ruined over something as banal as copyright infringement. Nobody. Period. Idealist or not. This should be enshrined in law.

by _bxg1 6y ago

Nobody's life should be ruined over something as banal as copyright infringement. Nobody. Period. Idealist or not. This should be enshrined in law.

akersten 6y ago

It's disgusting that we've allowed violation of copyright to be a criminal offense. It should be a civil offense at most, with no possibility of jail time. No wasting money extraditing Kim Dotcom from NZ, no ruining kids' lives for downloading music from the internet. I'm appalled at Disney, Comcast, and any other media giant that has successfully lobbied for the expansion of the monstrous copyright regime in the USA. Did you know the FBI wastes time looking into this kind of stuff? Shameful.

ve55 6y ago
Copyright laws are often some of the most user-hostile laws that regularly seem to be passed in many countries recently
- _bxg1 6y ago
  It's a very efficient mechanism for a handful of very powerful companies to slurp a limitless amount of money up without doing any work. Once a work is created, people will pay for it over and over again forever. And where there's a money-making scheme, there's legislation to back it up.
mindslight 6y ago
Meanwhile, "we address the predominant form of theft in the US with civil court cases, not criminal cases" : https://twitter.com/djmckenna00/status/1269218616861437952 https://twitter.com/djmckenna00/status/1269218616861437952
prirun 6y ago
Did you know that the Dept of Homeland Security wastes time on copyright violations? Truly shameful.

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neurostimulant 6y ago

And it's due to copying academic journals, which are mostly funded by public grants money and should really be free to distribute. I feel really sad every time I remember this case.

dennis_jeeves 6y ago

While I completely agree with the sentiment, the horrifying truth is that bureaucrats aside, even common people are perfectly willing to ruin someone's life over a technicality. You and I are surrounded by such people.