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NewsaHackOtoday at 12:31 PM2 repliesview on HN

I think a major difference is that while torrents are illegal, the main people enforcing it are copyright holders. I think the discussion would change if the government would label people who build/use/distribute "illegal" models as terrorists.


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nativeittoday at 1:18 PM

Aggressive enforcement tactics certainly haven’t won the war on drugs.

Sharlintoday at 12:54 PM

Agreed. While the IP mafia (pardon the derogative) has vast influence on legislators and even the executive, it pales in comparison to the "terrorist" and "think of the children" scarecrows.