Tiago PeixotoMar 8

In 2013 Aaron Swartz committed suicide for facing 35 years in prison for mass downloading scientific articles.

13 years later, Meta is almost getting away with an infraction orders of magnitude larger.

The law didn't change.

https://torrentfreak.com/uploading-pirated-books-via-bittorrent-qualifies-as-fair-use-meta/

Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues * TorrentFreak

In an ongoing lawsuit, Meta now argues that uploading pirated books to strangers via BitTorrent qualifies as fair use.

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@tiago

Well when you are accepted before the king bearing a gift made of gold, you become a peer of the realm, which grants certain perquisites, such as being tried in a separate legal system.

This is all standard feudal shit.

Mar 8 at 6:00pmWeb