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Re:An Anonymous group has taken down a major dark web hostin... by darpa_escapee on Saturday February 04, 2017 @02:12PM (#13568464)
> Btw it is non-consensual porn production which is harmful, not distribution. Distribution is a victimless crime that everyone stands up against due to copyright propaganda

Unrestricted distribution allows entities to profit from the production of child porn. Therefore, distribution incentivises harm in the form of new content with non-consensual victims.

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Re:An Anonymous group has taken down a major dark web hostin... by ycmbntrthrwaway on Saturday February 04, 2017 @02:23PM (#13568518)
> Unrestricted distribution allows entities to profit

It is the other way round. Restricted distribution drives up the price and allows entities to profit. That is how copyright and pretty much any other monopoly works.

Just try to profit from free (libre) software distribution. You can set whatever price you want and try to sell it, like, for example, https://conversations.im/ does, but you will get no profit besides what you get from selling additional services and making donations more convenient.

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Re:An Anonymous group has taken down a major dark web hostin... by darpa_escapee on Saturday February 04, 2017 @06:22PM (#13569708)
It is very strange that you are conflating entertainment and software copyright with child pornography and it's also a bit disingenuous.
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