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It's not a slippery slope at all. It's quite clear cut. If a shop was distributing fenced goods or human traffic we wouldn't allow it to remain in business be
by PM_Tech 12y ago
It's not a slippery slope at all. It's quite clear cut.
If a shop was distributing fenced goods or human traffic we wouldn't allow it to remain in business because they also distribute free and legitimate groceries.
Do you see how slippery the slope is? You have left from the tiny tiny tiny niche use of file transfer for free content to the massive industrious downloading of intellectual property.
As long as you are still being paid your salary though...easy to have a faux-morally superior position when it is not your efforts being ripped off.
- iopq 12y agoYou seem to miss that this project is based on three legal programs: a search engine, a torrent client and a media player. What next, ban search engines from displaying illegal content?
- PM_Tech 12y agoThe basis of the components do not matter. We make judgements on the whole. In the UK a shotgun is simply a series of tubes with some minor metallic parts. Does not mean because tubes and hammers are legal you are allowed to build one and own it. Seriously; this is like arguing with a child. Stick to technology and leave the law to actual lawyers and Judges. You don't have the reasoning for it.
- dang 12y agoPersonal attacks are not allowed on Hacker News.
- iopq 12y agoYou seem to miss that this project is based on three legal programs: a search engine, a torrent client and a media player. What next, ban search engines from displaying illegal content?