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Re:Where Sci-Hub Is by matheusmoreira on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @04:44AM (#22411958)
> Sounds a lot like communism, where everything is free and you don't need to worry about working.

Communism implies an economy. When it comes to data, there is nothing to economize. It's abundant, there's more than enough for everyone.

The only reason the internet isn't a post-scarcity society is we still have laws like copyright holding us back.

> Oops, now nobody is working and there is no stuff!

Pretty weird seeing this argument on Hacker News of all places. Lots of developers work for no financial reward, myself included. Scratching one's own itch is a hacker tradition and it disproves the notion that nobody would create anything if it wasn't for copyright.

Re:Where Sci-Hub Is by simion314 on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @04:40AM (#22411935)
>Sounds a lot like communism, where everything is free and you don't need to worry

I think you are unaware of how stupid that sounds, maybe go and read what communism is/was or stop commenting when you have no idea and you learn things from Star Trek.

FYI people were/are working in communism and things are not free (so 100% comment you had there)