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Re:Angola’s Wikipedia Pirates Are Exposing the Problems with... by NotMeIndeed on Friday March 25, 2016 @09:01AM (#11359762)
It's not about Western mores, it's about people stealing other peoples stuff. I'm sure stealing in Angola is not tolerated, stealing from these "pirates" would make them angry.
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Re:Angola’s Wikipedia Pirates Are Exposing the Problems with... by ingenieros on Friday March 25, 2016 @10:31AM (#11360252)
Didn't Zuckerberg steal the Facebook idea from the Winklevoss twins?? Aren't folks in the west also using platforms like YouTube and Facebook to post copyrighted videos and content??
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Re:Angola’s Wikipedia Pirates Are Exposing the Problems with... by kwhitefoot on Saturday March 26, 2016 @12:45PM (#11366305)
1. Copyright violation is not theft 2. Copyright is not a right, it is a government granted, time limited, monopoly. In the Act of Anne it was for 12 years and that is how it should have stayed. Now it is life plus 75 which is simply oppressive and counterproductive.
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