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989 points acomjean | 2 comments | 05 Sep 25 19:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.161s | source

Also https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/05/anthrop..., https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulat...

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MaxikCZ ◴[05 Sep 25 20:51 UTC] No.45143446[source]▶

>>45142885 (OP) #

See kids? Its okay to steal if you steal more money than the fine costs.

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ascorbic ◴[05 Sep 25 21:33 UTC] No.45143878[source]▶

>>45143446 #

They're paying $3000 per book. It would've been a lot cheaper to buy the books (which is what they actually did end up doing too).

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1. bn-l ◴[06 Sep 25 08:43 UTC] No.45147647[source]▶

>>45143878 #

That’s not enough punitive damages for the crime (which is egregious and absolutely deplorable).

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2. ascorbic ◴[06 Sep 25 09:59 UTC] No.45147983[source]▶

>>45147647 (TP) #

I wonder how many of the people saying this about copyright infringement today were complaining about the ridiculously harsh enforcement of it 10-15 years ago. They've just paid $1.5B for torrenting.

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