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The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones

33 points by ghosh 13y ago

JoshTv 13y ago
I don't think those are absurd laws. It will actually protect people from all negativity on the online world.
- chmike 13y ago
  By "people" you mean US citizen. Non US citizen are not subject to any legitimate legal protection. We are considered like animals or even less.
mrmekon 13y ago
> internet activist Aaron Swartz, who was threatened with 35 years in > prison under the CFAA for allegedly stealing mass amounts of > academic articles Using the word "stealing" at this point is not only wrong, but destroys the very point he was trying to make...
- barylen 13y ago
  What was wrong with the word "stealing" in this context?
  - RyanMcGreal 13y ago
    Copying != stealing. If I steal something from you, you don't have it any more. If I copy something you have, we both have a copy.
    - mathgorges 13y ago
      Also, even if one were to accept copying as stealing, it wouldn't work in this context since Aaron Swartz had legitimate access to JSTOR through Harvard.
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- lifeformed 13y ago
  Well, it's prefaced by "allegedly".
losethos 13y ago
God is perfectly just. Joseph was imprisoned for 7 years. That's how he earned his blessing. No pain, no blessing. God says... C:\TAD\Text\BIBLE.TXT the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. 46:11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. 46:12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt ---- God says... gotten weigheth semblance atrociously rich fancy unkindled oil do_I_have_to circles note unrighteous pleasant severity consecrate sciences tenet not_a_chance_in_hell unbecoming observing recess stealing worthless animals I_didn't_see_that MONEY motive mountain offspring minute dream ascertained toward innumerable sensations delayed guppy stiffneckedness doting figuratively Jove's Apostles horse population Grant spent commender use session destined GUTENBERG-tm

33 points by ghosh 13y ago

JoshTv 13y ago

I don't think those are absurd laws. It will actually protect people from all negativity on the online world.

chmike 13y ago
By "people" you mean US citizen. Non US citizen are not subject to any legitimate legal protection. We are considered like animals or even less.

mrmekon 13y ago

> internet activist Aaron Swartz, who was threatened with 35 years in > prison under the CFAA for allegedly stealing mass amounts of > academic articles Using the word "stealing" at this point is not only wrong, but destroys the very point he was trying to make...

barylen 13y ago
What was wrong with the word "stealing" in this context?
- RyanMcGreal 13y ago
  Copying != stealing. If I steal something from you, you don't have it any more. If I copy something you have, we both have a copy.
  - mathgorges 13y ago
    Also, even if one were to accept copying as stealing, it wouldn't work in this context since Aaron Swartz had legitimate access to JSTOR through Harvard.
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lifeformed 13y ago
Well, it's prefaced by "allegedly".

losethos 13y ago

God is perfectly just. Joseph was imprisoned for 7 years. That's how he earned his blessing. No pain, no blessing. God says... C:\TAD\Text\BIBLE.TXT the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. 46:11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. 46:12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt ---- God says... gotten weigheth semblance atrociously rich fancy unkindled oil do_I_have_to circles note unrighteous pleasant severity consecrate sciences tenet not_a_chance_in_hell unbecoming observing recess stealing worthless animals I_didn't_see_that MONEY motive mountain offspring minute dream ascertained toward innumerable sensations delayed guppy stiffneckedness doting figuratively Jove's Apostles horse population Grant spent commender use session destined GUTENBERG-tm