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Re:Ask HN: Is it ethical to bypass paywalls because I believ... by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday October 23, 2021 @04:23PM (#28971894)
> I know many will disagree but I feel that stealing something because you feel you should not have to pay for it is absolutley unethical.

I feel I shouldn't have to pay for this quote.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it ethical to bypass paywalls because I believ... by uberman on Saturday October 23, 2021 @04:26PM (#28971919)
I am not charging for it, so you may have it for free.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it ethical to bypass paywalls because I believ... by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday October 23, 2021 @04:33PM (#28971976)
Sadly for you, that's immaterial. You do not have an ability to charge against my specific use.

Also, you have my sypmpathy for any way that copyright culture may have warped your understanding.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it ethical to bypass paywalls because I believ... by uberman on Saturday October 23, 2021 @04:51PM (#28972125)
I don't follow your train of thought here. I am not charging for nor protecting my comments here in any manner.

I understand that explicitly as part of my participation here.

As such, I understand you are free to quote me without compensating me and doing so is ethical.

If however, this was my site and I decided to charge people for my wisdom then yes I would expect you to pay for it like everyone else

If you found a way to get it for free I would probably be unwilling and unable to stop you from stealing it and it would be unethical for you to do so.

Wanting something does not justify taking it from someone only willing to sell it.

Just as ignoring GPL requirements is unethical just because one feels that they are inconvenient (legalities aside as we are talking about ethics)

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Re:Ask HN: Is it ethical to bypass paywalls because I believ... by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday October 23, 2021 @05:38PM (#28972593)
Not sure which line of yours applies to which line of mine.
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