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Re:Change to Chinese university's charter dropping 'freedom ... by some_random on Thursday December 19, 2019 @02:27PM (#21838308)
It's not always even whataboutism, I've seen people apologize for IP theft on this site by saying that US industrialists did it two centuries ago.
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Re:Change to Chinese university's charter dropping 'freedom ... by gdhbcc on Thursday December 19, 2019 @02:47PM (#21838491)
Thats stupid, there nothing wrong with violating IP laws, regardless of who did it first.
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Re:Change to Chinese university's charter dropping 'freedom ... by Jamwinner on Thursday December 19, 2019 @04:08PM (#21839316)
Will future employers google your SN and see this? What would they think? While you may have a solid argument that many IP laws are poorly written, used, and enforced, brazenly dismissing all of them is not a better position, ethically or practically.
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Re:Change to Chinese university's charter dropping 'freedom ... by yahwrong on Thursday December 19, 2019 @05:27PM (#21839934)
It absolutely is ethically better and practical though however. IP is just information and information is meant to be free. To restrict it behind artificial pay walls is repugnant.
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