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As far as I can tell, the copyright mafia's legal action plan is "throw stuff at the wall, see what sticks". MPA tried to get the source code repository for Ny
by Hamuko 5y ago
As far as I can tell, the copyright mafia's legal action plan is "throw stuff at the wall, see what sticks".
MPA tried to get the source code repository for Nyaa.si removed from GitHub by saying "the Project, which, when downloaded, provides the downloader everything necessary to launch and host a “clone” infringing website identical to Nyaa.si (and, thus, engage in massive infringement of copyrighted motion pictures and television shows)."
It was completely bullshit since they forgot to mention that the project provides everything necessary to engage in massive infringement of copyrighted motion pictures and television shows EXCEPT the actual copyrighted motion pictures and television shows. The repo is back up after a reversal: https://github.com/nyaadevs/nyaa/ https://github.com/nyaadevs/nyaa/
- wldcordeiro 5y agoIt's sort of like saying the ownership of a gun makes you a murderer.
- bonzini 5y agoMore like a gun made of soap, as in "Take the money and run".
- dane-pgp 5y agoThat analogy would work if countries with large numbers of privately owned handguns were as safe as (otherwise comparable) countries where such guns were banned. I think we can agree at least that countries which ban communication tools have worse human rights records than countries which don't restrict them as much. Also, I don't dispute the media industry's premise that a government which had complete control over all software installed on people's computers could decide to reduce the amount of copyright infringement.
- daniel-s 5y agoBan Debian. Their distro supplies all the tools necessary to create a website with precisely the same functionality as Nyaa.si.
- sattoshi 5y agoThe only legal platform should be iOS, anything else should require a federal license. Only once regular people can no longer write dangerous code will the music industry finally be safe.
- contravariant 5y agoDon't tempt me to break this rolling cipher with pen and paper.
- pwdisswordfish9 5y agoRMS beat you to that joke. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html
- Shared404 5y agoAnyone who's never read this, please do. It's both a good short story, and a chilling reminder - especially to anyone who's dealt with textbook companies recently. RMS was right. Not about everything, but about a lot.
- dredmorbius 5y agoNumerous HN submissions, including within the past year. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=%22The%20Right%20to%20Read%22&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... Originally published in 1996, I believe.