«‘Meta used BitTorrent because it was a MORE EFFICIENT and reliable means of obtaining the datasets …’ Meta’s attorney writes.»

Seriously ‽ They’re arguing that expediency justifies systematic and widespread copyright infringement for the sake of MAXIMIZING WEALTH‽

#utilitarianism runs completely #amok #buckvbell revisited https://m.einverne.info/@HackerNewsBot/116188132461060163

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Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47285960 #hackernews #tech

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Nazis Studied America’s Racial Laws: A Warning for Our Democracy Today

Nazi leaders examined U.S. segregation, immigration quotas, and eugenics laws as models. History proves democracies can drift. Vigilance and civic engagement are essential now.

#AdolfHitler #AmericanSegregation #authoritarianism #BuckVBell #civicEngagement #CivilRights #democracy #EqualProtection #Eugenics #fascism #HolocaustHistory #ImmigrationActOf1924 #JimCrow #NaziGermany #NurembergLaws #PoliticalEducation #USHistory https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oGr

@lisagetspolitik
This is SCOTUS right now, and also a whole lot of SCOTUS's from yesteryear.

#DredScott
#Korematsu
#PlessyvFerguson
#BuckvBell
#BushvGore
#CitizensUnited
#BowersvHardwick

There are many, many more but I just got tired of typing hashtags. See Legacy Museum, Montgomery, Ala., for a more complete list of crap decisions

Utah Is Searching for Forced Sterilization Survivors in the State to... ‘Apologize’

One victim was sterilized for allegedly cheating on her husband; another, a Black incarcerated man, for being an “accused homosexual.” There were more than 800.

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