Re:A Follow-Up to "The Web is Public Domain"
by JoachimSchipper on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @07:00PM
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Phoning to say "you're an utter asshole", while not a nice thing to do, is still not exactly the same as lynching someone. Tone down the hyperbole a bit, please.
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Re:A Follow-Up to "The Web is Public Domain"
by mtigas on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @07:59PM
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Sure, but thousands of people phoning in to say “you’re an utter asshole” — leading to the site’s closure — isn’t simply “not a nice thing to do,” though.
They got what they deserved, but if it ain’t “mob justice,” I don’t know what else to call it. The Internet, en masse, certainly has a pulse and life of it’s own.
Re:A Follow-Up to "The Web is Public Domain"
by chc on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @09:17PM
(#1912634)
Mobs don't always bring justice, but I have trouble feeling bad when they do. I mean, so far this mob has a better record than the legal system does in bringing copyright claims to a reasonable conclusion, so it's not as though there's a bulletproof alternative.
Re:A Follow-Up to "The Web is Public Domain"
by chesser on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @09:26PM
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> Sure, but thousands of people phoning in to say “you’re an utter asshole” — leading to the site’s closure
That isn't why they closed.
Think what would have happened to them if they stayed open, from the ACTUAL non-mob-justice legal system.
It's in my comment just a bit up: