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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish29•3 days agothat legal argument doesn’t fly in the u.s… but if you wanna buy a ruling that says downloading isn’t piracy, go for it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•3 days agoit flies if you are zuckerberg apparently
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•3 days agoWhat’s the precedent and current consensus for caselaw? I remember that Capitol v. Thomas kicked off the notion of “making available” as an infringement of the distribution right, but I haven’t followed everything that came after.
that legal argument doesn’t fly in the u.s…
but if you wanna buy a ruling that says downloading isn’t piracy, go for it.
it flies if you are zuckerberg apparently
What’s the precedent and current consensus for caselaw? I remember that Capitol v. Thomas kicked off the notion of “making available” as an infringement of the distribution right, but I haven’t followed everything that came after.