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pyman ◴[] No.44488332[source]
Anthropic's cofounder, Ben Mann, downloaded million copies of books from Library Genesis in 2021, fully aware that the material was pirated.

Stealing is stealing. Let's stop with the double standards.

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1. NoMoreNicksLeft ◴[] No.44492035[source]
>Stealing is stealing.

Yes, but copying isn't stealing, because the person you "take" from still has their copy.

If you're allowed to call copying stealing, then I should be allowed to call hysterical copyright rabblerousing rape. Quit being a rapist, pyman.