alt Hacker NewsThat's not been legally established, the litigation is ongoing. And if mere downloading and reading of copyrighted material were legal, how come torrent users have been fined for it in the thousands?
The law is the law, there can't be different law for corporations with billions in backing. I don't agree with current copyright laws btw and think they should be changed. However, they probably should have lobbied for that before illegally downloading all this material.
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echoangle • today at 11:37 AM
> And if mere downloading and reading of copyrighted material were legal, how come torrent users have been fined for it in the thousands?
Because torrenting includes redistribution, since you also upload to other peers
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> That's not been legally established
100% of the rulings agree with me.
The piracy is not in question. It is unarguably copyright violation.
But that's not what anyone means in this context. Training is what everyone means.
> The law is the law, there can't be different law for corporations with billions in backing.
I didn't say otherwise. That's a straw man.