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> You don't get to opt in to the laws you like and ignore the ones you don't like. Well, maybe you shouldn't, or maybe you should, but you definitely can if yo
by diggan 1y ago
> You don't get to opt in to the laws you like and ignore the ones you don't like.
Well, maybe you shouldn't, or maybe you should, but you definitely can if you have the technical know-how. Probably best example is ThePirateBay which people and organizations have tried to take down for more than 20 years, yet it persists.
They're quite literally still alive while still choosing what laws they want to follow.
Obviously, that you can make this choice also means you get to chose if to even expose yourself to the potential consequences of that too, as Silk Road would attest to.
- giancarlostoro 1y agoIt helps that they don't generate nor host the content, they just maintain a database. TPB is basically a yellow pages for torrent content.