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Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by jancsika on Monday June 01, 2020 @02:29PM (#23381952)
> Robbing a bank and giving away the money is a decision not based on money or liability, but you shouldn't be very surprised you still get put in prison for it.

You've picked the one circumstance-- an unprecedented worldwide pandemic that is wreaking economic mayhem-- that could possibly weaken one of the indefatigable "pre-digital analogies for understanding digital ethics."

I would not be surprised if the police were unable to locate a culprit who had been handing out monthly $1200 cash bundles from bank robberies. (Especially if they delivered the bundles on a dependeable schedule.) :)

Edit: clarification

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Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by Mindwipe on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @08:57AM (#23390477)
> You've picked the one circumstance-- an unprecedented worldwide pandemic that is wreaking economic mayhem-- that could possibly weaken one of the indefatigable "pre-digital analogies for understanding digital ethics."

No, not really. The police would very much track down such a culprit and they would go to prison.

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