• Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    They’re both infringement, and no-one in authority cares about either. This is kind of the situation we collectively negotiated post-Napster. Piracy is allowed to exist as long as distribution isn’t being directly commercialized; it is only addressed in a piece-meal fashion by big publishers on a short-term basis for their critical first weeks.

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      2 days ago

      Ripping a DVD isn’t copyright infringement. If the playback program caches the output video 500ms in advance, is it infringement? If my computer has any DRAM, is it infringement? If the law says it is, the law needs to change.

      • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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        1 day ago

        Yeah? I can make money off the information I pirate. Nobody asks, “Where did you learn that knot? Did you pay for Ashley’s Book Of Knots? Because if not, you’re in trouble!”