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Re:China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels from Ransomwar... by duncan_bayne on Monday May 15, 2017 @10:52PM (#14347050)
Heh. I'm a little sympathetic to that view, myself:

http://praxeology.net/anticopyright.htm

Still an area I'm mulling over.

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Re:China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels from Ransomwar... by ue_ on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @01:50PM (#14351660)
I'm opposed to it beacuse it is censorship, while I reject private property altogether. Different ways of reaching the same conclusion, I suppose :)
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Re:China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels from Ransomwar... by duncan_bayne on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @05:36PM (#14353515)
Indeed. I think private property is one of the foundations of civilisation, but I'm not entirely convinced that IP is a legitimate form of property.
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