Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B

Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by tmp231 on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @06:01PM (#27296661)

Less government regulation doesn’t mean violating contract law.

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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @08:11PM (#27297772)

What contract did piratebay creators violate? They never signed any contract, and neither did anyone downloading.

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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by fastball on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @10:59PM (#27298855)

Presumably the ripper has some form of contract with whichever entity they sourced the content from, and piracy undoubtedly violates that contract / ToS.

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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by ClumsyPilot on Thursday May 27, 2021 @07:56AM (#27301923)

None of that could result in piratebay staff going to jail, or individual people downloading recieving legal threats

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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by tmp231 on Thursday May 27, 2021 @12:42PM (#27305090)

Could or should? If you want to download a bunch of mp3s without paying the author, knowing that the author has not intended for you to do so, do you think that is right?

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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by cabalamat on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @06:37AM (#27367064)

Yes it is, because copyright law (like all laws) is government regulation.

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