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Re:EFF and heavyweight legal team will defend Internet Archi... by izacus on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @04:24PM (#23694369)
Please stop equating owners of IA and EFF with criminals - copyright infringmenent is nowhere near equivalent to actual crimes that cause harm. It's a disgusting rhetoric that was paid for by rent seeking publishers.
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Re:EFF and heavyweight legal team will defend Internet Archi... by gpm on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @04:42PM (#23694539)
I am merely making the analogy to such lawyers, not attempting to call them criminals. Sorry if I came off as doing otherwise.

That said, while not in this case (I think), copyright infringement is in many for profit contexts criminal under the laws of the United States.

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