Wow this was an utterly useless article? What is the point of the article excluding a historical anecdote? Even more why was it shared on HN? I was hoping for a

Wow this was an utterly useless article? What is the point of the article excluding a historical anecdote? Even more why was it shared on HN? I was hoping for an article with the title to tackle the issue of pirating today, not 19th century France and some insignificant novel.