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Tiago Peixoto Mar 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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bovaz

@tiago I mean. Either piracy is legal for everyone, or Meta should be fined billions as an example. Someone should get the music industry involved in this.
Also, we should find a way for large labels in music and films to pay for damages to the every consumer, if piracy is fair use.