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Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify wider UK site-blocking?

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361 points gloxkiqcza | 1 comments | 24 Aug 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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everdrive ◴[24 Aug 25 18:44 UTC] No.45006602[source]▶
The free internet might be gone in the next decade. Probably time to buy a few hard drives and do some archiving. I don't just mean piracy. Articles, blogs, anything you find precious.
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SlowTao ◴[24 Aug 25 21:19 UTC] No.45007881[source]▶
I suspect that in some places they might start requiring ID when purchasing large volumes of storage.

"Only a criminal would need 10 terabytes of storage!"

Something stupid like that.

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sockbot ◴[25 Aug 25 01:52 UTC] No.45009481[source]▶
It sounds just as unfair as including a levy on blank CDs paid to music copyright holders, regardless of how the CDs are used. But being unfair doesn't mean it can't happen in your country.
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throawayonthe ◴[25 Aug 25 01:56 UTC] No.45009497[source]▶
holy shit it's real

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy

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1. hahn-kev ◴[25 Aug 25 03:40 UTC] No.45009981[source]▶
Wow