Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th...
by wolco2 on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @02:15PM
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After stealing the newspaper?
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Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th...
by jeofken on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @03:47PM
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Browsing the web is equivalent of your butler shouting to another butler to please GET /some/page, and the other butler then kindly replying with a document.
Theft requires the action to not be voluntary, but a web server replying with a page is free to reject my request. It is entirely moral.
Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th...
by wolco2 on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @09:45PM
(#25524605)
The torrent accepts my clients request.
My mp3 player will play that song you downloaded as well.
It's like your butler downloading a torrent with a song played to you.
I won't argue pirating is not moral. But it has the same morality as blocking ads.
Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th...
by jeofken on Sunday January 03, 2021 @01:44PM
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I agree that copyright law does not make sense
Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th...
by BlewisJS on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @02:27PM
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Is it amoral to turn the volume down during radio ads?
Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th...
by wolco2 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @10:45AM
(#25528464)
I don't think it's amoral just the same as pirate movies.
It's the same.