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Re:EU Copyright: Block Everything, Never Make Mistakes, but ... by spaceribs on Monday December 10, 2018 @09:36PM (#18652943)
I'm fairly certain YouTube wasn't around when I traded external HDs full of movies/tv shows with my high school friends.
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Re:EU Copyright: Block Everything, Never Make Mistakes, but ... by AnthonyMouse on Monday December 10, 2018 @10:32PM (#18653159)
And that's the problem. Piracy decentralizes easily -- it has been that way since before the internet was even common.

What these rules do is destroy user generated content. Because your external HD can hold every Hollywood blockbuster in the last five years but it's nowhere near big enough for all the user generated content on YouTube.

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