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Re:Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake n... by jancsika on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @11:32AM (#19971070)
> Technological change is about disruption and this is just disruption. To oppose it is to oppose technological progress in order to protect incumbents' market shares.

Do I take it you are in favor of Sci-hub and against Elsevier's efforts to protect its market share?

After all, what could be a greater disruption than using zero-marginal cost data to do an end run around a publisher restricting access to journal articles?

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Re:Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake n... by CryptoPunk on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @02:23AM (#19978332)
I don't know what should be done about intellectual property. My first instinct is that it legal protections for intellectual property shouldn't exist.
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