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I feel like you're trying to argue that piracy is ethical, which is different than something not being piracy.
by staticassertion 5y ago
I feel like you're trying to argue that piracy is ethical, which is different than something not being piracy.
- rasengan 5y agoI think it's possible it could be considered piracy in the US, but not all countries follow these same rules nor schools of thought. The issue is that the jurisdiction bleeds into others' jurisdictions that might have different rules on these types of things, but the US doesn't really care since it has absolute power and exercises its authority over those outside of its jurisdiction.
- elmomle 5y agoThe words we use are important, because public opinion tends to matter quite a bit with these things, and public opinion is shaped immensely by words and their connotations (remember death panels?). If sci-hub is said to aid in the pirating of papers, it is doomed. If instead its purpose is said to be to make publicly-funded research accessible to the public for the benefit of all, then there's at least a slightly better chance of its surviving.