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[–] [email protected] 80 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's pretty easy: there's no culpability on either side. It's not either-or. If guns and ammo and knife manufacturers are not responsible for murder than neither are ISPs and software developers responsible for piracy.

If the courts don't like that an IP isn't a person, then they can pressure congress to change the laws. Until then, everyone can go fuck off

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Double whammy, corporations are not people and should also have laws changed.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Corporations treated as persons only gives board people the ability to vote twice while the workers can't.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

All the rights of a person but none of the obligations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I would argue by virtue of their constant bribery.. I mean lobbying.. that each of their votes is more like 2 million votes as far as getting policy changes enacted...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Although, the primary intended use of torrents are p2p filesharing, unlike any kind of weapon whose primary purpose is to cause harm or kill a living thing.