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minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up46·1 month agoArrests? Like for other copyright violators? Oh, lordy. This is a fight I really hope happens. Meta vs the combined DMCA lobby. Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease
minus-squareverdare [he/him]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 month ago Meta vs the combined DMCA lobby One of those fights where I’m rooting for both sides to lose.
minus-squarethingsiplay@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoCopyright violation doesn’t get you arrested.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoIt does if you do it a lot and then resell it. Which is what happened to a bunch of people in the days of Napster, and is exactly what these fuckers are doing.
minus-squarethingsiplay@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThat’s because they had not the money to pay for.
Arrests? Like for other copyright violators?
Oh, lordy. This is a fight I really hope happens. Meta vs the combined DMCA lobby.
Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease
One of those fights where I’m rooting for both sides to lose.
Copyright violation doesn’t get you arrested.
It does if you do it a lot and then resell it. Which is what happened to a bunch of people in the days of Napster, and is exactly what these fuckers are doing.
That’s because they had not the money to pay for.