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> doesn't mean that I am allowed to illegally download it That word "illegally" is carrying some weight there. You only get to have those rules in law because
by xscott 1y ago
> doesn't mean that I am allowed to illegally download it
That word "illegally" is carrying some weight there. You only get to have those rules in law because the rest of us agreed to them in some sense. And in this particular case, the laws were created by powerful and wealthy media industries bribing politicians.
There's not some universal truth about fairness here. It's just a set of conventions where people with guns show up and lock you in prison if you bypass someone else seeking rent.