• @[email protected]
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    112 months ago

    Copying information is not the same thing as stealing, let alone forcing people into slavery.

    • qprimed
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      2 months ago

      appreciate the important reality check, but I think the parent was just highlighting the absurdity of the original argument with hyperbole.

      people are in jail for doing exactly what this company is doing. either enforce the laws equally (!) or change them (whatever that means in late stage capitalism).

      • @[email protected]
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        102 months ago

        Let’s advocate for no one going to prison for scraping information then. Let’s pick the second one where we don’t put more people into prison.