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bgwalter ◴[] No.44490836[source]
Here is how individuals are treated for massive copyright infringement:

https://investors.autodesk.com/news-releases/news-release-de...

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piker ◴[] No.44490942[source]
I thought you'd go with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz
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dialup_sounds ◴[] No.44491359[source]
Swartz wasn't charged with copyright infringement.
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natch ◴[] No.44491626[source]
*technically
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kube-system ◴[] No.44492823{3}[source]
If you're discussing law, an entirely different law in a different title of US code is more than a technicality.
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1. piker ◴[] No.44494363{4}[source]
No, the parent was referring to how someone “was treated”, and it would have been perfectly valid to reference that case to make the same point.

What you’re saying is like calling Al Capone a tax cheat. Nonsense.

They went after Aaron over copyright.