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Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th... by wolco2 on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @02:15PM (#25521003)
After stealing the newspaper?
Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th... by jeofken on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @03:47PM (#25522026)
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 (#25623922)
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 (#25521135)
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.

Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th... by jamil7 on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @03:16PM (#25521674)
Stealing a free newspaper?
Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th... by wolco2 on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @09:41PM (#25524588)
Newspapers like the New York Times?

The free ones they hand out in subways contain 80% ads. If you cut the ads out you will have nothing left to hold onto.