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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by bitwize on Monday February 12, 2018 @02:01PM (#16361002)
It's also illegal, and this isn't the 90s or early 2000s -- copyright laws are being enforced.
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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by pmarreck on Monday February 12, 2018 @02:12PM (#16361112)
Ah, if only there was a 1:1 correspondence between what is "legal" and what is "ethical/fair"...
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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by lghh on Monday February 12, 2018 @02:25PM (#16361222)
Regardless if it's "ethical/fair" or not (and it's really concerning that you're conflating the two words) it's still illegal and you can get hit pretty hard for it. Saying it's ethical doesn't get you out of court or a hefty fine.
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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by pmarreck on Monday February 12, 2018 @03:07PM (#16361575)
Give me an example of something that is ethical but unfair, or fair but unethical
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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by scentoni on Monday February 12, 2018 @03:35PM (#16361830)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_of_Solomon is unethical but could be considered fair (with respect to the putative mothers, if not the baby).
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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by pmarreck on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @02:06PM (#16369778)
A fascinating story!
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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by freehunter on Monday February 12, 2018 @03:09PM (#16361586)
Feel free to use ethics as your legal defense when you get sued... as for me, I'll stick with a solution that's both ethical and legal.
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