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0 pointsbeedogs13y ago0 comments

While I think your reasoning is noble, even commendable, I don't think it would hold up well in a civil case.

For the record, I'm in favor of this sort of "cultural hedging" as well, but I don't think it's something that most people would even think to do.

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guard-of-terra13y ago

Well, so sue me.

I was just arguing with books seeding "not being really something for which any valid defense can usually be given" If I should have read it as "any valid defense IN COURT can be given", then again, so sue me. But it's pretty easy to defend the morality of this case.

beedogsOP13y ago

I'm with you on the morality of it.

guard-of-terra13y ago

And in the times when I can torrent a whole library of culture-defining books (whose authors mostly either passed away or no longer care), the book selling industry should reconsider the question: what exactly are they selling? What is their place to contribute to the society? Is it only about pushing vampire books by living authors while withholding vampire books by deceased authors?

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0 pointsbeedogs13y ago0 comments

While I think your reasoning is noble, even commendable, I don't think it would hold up well in a civil case.

For the record, I'm in favor of this sort of "cultural hedging" as well, but I don't think it's something that most people would even think to do.

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guard-of-terra13y ago

Well, so sue me.

beedogsOP13y ago

I'm with you on the morality of it.

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