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They were lending out digital copies long before covid. And like the author says, they house and freely distribute one of the largest collections of pirated sof
by ranger_danger 2y ago
They were lending out digital copies long before covid. And like the author says, they house and freely distribute one of the largest collections of pirated software on the planet (my guess is Usenet is #1). What Lunduke didn't mention is that Jason Scott et al actively encourage users to "upload first and don't even ask questions later", so they are complicit in all of this.
To me that sounds like even more damning evidence of conspiracy to commit mass copyright infringement.
- skeaker 2y agoWell no, that's not evidence, that's an accusation with no source.
- ranger_danger 2y agoI qualified my statement with "that sounds like", because this is not a courtroom and I am not a lawyer or judge. My source is my own personal chat logs with him on Discord, but I have also seen him post basically the same thing in other places too. I know there's more but here's one quick thing I found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D14y1t43FIk&t=1446s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D14y1t43FIk&t=1446s Basically he says people ask him "why don't you ask before allowing copyrighted content to be made available" and his reply is something to the effect of "because it's too much work". Earlier in the same video he also clearly shows a huge disdain for copyright in general and laughs at people asking him to take things down. Another https://youtu.be/rW7w7ZphM3Y?t=2368 https://youtu.be/rW7w7ZphM3Y?t=2368