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thinkingtoilet ◴[05 Sep 25 21:03 UTC] No.45143584[source]▶

>>45142885 (OP) #

Great. Which rich person is going to jail for breaking the law?

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emtel ◴[05 Sep 25 21:45 UTC] No.45144007[source]▶

>>45143584 #

No one, rich or poor, goes to jail for downloading books.

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1. thinkingtoilet ◴[06 Sep 25 00:37 UTC] No.45145406[source]▶

>>45144007 #

If I walked into a store and stole $1000 of books I would go to jail. If a tech company steals countless thousands of dollars worth of books, someone should go to jail.

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2. emtel ◴[06 Sep 25 01:27 UTC] No.45145722[source]▶

>>45145406 (TP) #

Stealing physical goods is not the same as downloading copyrighted material.

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