• The Hobbyist
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    610 months ago

    Perhaps I’m misunderstanding, but it sounds like you’re suggesting we side with Meta to put a precedence in which pirating content is legal and allows websites like TPB to keep existing but legitimally? Or are you rather taking the opposite stand, which would further entrench the illegality of TPB activities and in the same swoop prevent meta from performing these actions?

    I don’t know if we can simultaneously oppose meta while protecting TPB, is there?

    • Tedrow
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      1510 months ago

      I think what they are saying is that Meta is powerful enough to get away with it. You are attempting to equate two different things.

      Meta isn’t using the books for entertainment purposes. They are using another IP to develop their own product. There has to be a distinction here.

      • The Hobbyist
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        510 months ago

        We are in agreement, but I was attempting to launch a discussion about how we want the laws to actually be applied and possibly how they should be reformulated.

      • The Hobbyist
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        210 months ago

        Of course we should have consistent laws, but which way should we have it? We can either defend pirates and Meta, or none of them, so what are you saying? Unless there’s a third option I’m missing?