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[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 days ago (3 children)

why are people still gobsmacked that laws don't apply to the owner class, only the peasant class

it's been this way for thousands of years

everyone in this particular com knows the solution so i don't have to break the rules and spell it out, but it's the only solution

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No one is gobsmacked. the point is to continuously point it out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Not gobsmacked, just pointing out the gate.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just so you know, you don't have to be surprised by an event to post about it. But not posting about it doesn't keep it in peoples' mind, so that's why these get posted. Plus, there's always going to be a couple of the lucky 10k that see this for the first time and finally wake up to that fact.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

point taken

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Because we want to kill them and they don't want to die.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago

Everything processed by AI should be considered Public Domain. If they get it for free so do I.

[–] TomMasz 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This changed a lot of people's perception of MIT, and not for the better.

[–] NABDad 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Did that have any noticeable effect on the policies or behavior of MIT?

[–] TomMasz 6 points 2 days ago

MIT didn't seem to think it did anything wrong and considered the school to be a neutral participant. I've seen nothing since that would indicate they accept any blame.

[–] conicalscientist 9 points 2 days ago

I had a bad feeling when tech was turning out more like Zuckerberg and less like the Swartz. I didn't think they'd go full dystopia.

[–] DandomRude 9 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Aaron should have thought to start a trillion dollar multinational first -- then those laws that persecuted him would have just been a formality he could buy his way out of.

[–] Scolding7300 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The article seems to focus on the seeding part, i.e. distribution, but not the downloading part. Isn't downloading part illegal too? Or did they buy all those books?

[–] FlexibleToast 5 points 2 days ago

Historically, the legal system is much more concerned with the distribution, not the downloading.