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I also found it a funny comment because Microsoft employs about 500 lawyers as part of an in-house legal team that is larger than most independent firms. If sta

I also found it a funny comment because Microsoft employs about 500 lawyers as part of an in-house legal team that is larger than most independent firms. If standing up for what it thinks is ethically and morally right isn't something a multi billion $ company with 500 lawyers can do, who can?

saagarjha 6y ago
The EFF.
- petercooper 6y ago
  Touché! You're not wrong :-)
- alisonkisk 6y ago
  Spoiler: the EFF also agrees with GitHub that they can't challenge 1201 orders, which is why they are lobbying for law changes. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/github-youtube-dl-takedown-isnt-just-problem-american-law https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/github-youtube-dl-take...
alisonkisk 6y ago
Lawyers have no ability to "stand up for what is ethically morally right" unless they have a legalistic argument for it.
- dotancohen 6y ago
  That is actually not true. Many laws, in many jurisdictions, are challenged by defending those who break them. In fact, in the US, that is the _only_ way for a citizen to challenge a law. One cannot challenge a law that they have not been charged with breaking in the United States.
  - edoceo 6y ago
    You can challenge a law without breaking said law first
jfrunyon 6y ago
... do you really expect a company, whose entire goal and motive is maximizing profit, to waste their profits? Because if so this conversation is not worth continuing.