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A comment on Z-Library Admins "Escape House Arrest" After Judge Approves U.S. Extradition. Parent comment

Re:Z-Library Admins "Escape House Arrest" After Judge Approv... by lmm on Monday July 08, 2024 @08:30PM (#40911354)
For the vast majority of recorded human history there was no copyright. We have records of Roman senators semi-complaining about how rude an acquaintance who wouldn't let them copy their book (not a book they had written, a book they had come into possession of a copy of) was.
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Re:Z-Library Admins "Escape House Arrest" After Judge Approv... by root_axis on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @12:23AM (#40912517)
Yes, I was referring to the OP's quote about armed men enforcing the law, not copyright.
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Re:Z-Library Admins "Escape House Arrest" After Judge Approv... by lmm on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @12:46AM (#40912607)
Armed men have never enforced that everyone gets what they deserve. Not even close. They enforce those laws that we have decided they should. It's a huge leap from saying that someone deserves something to saying that society's armed men should take that something from other people and give it to them.
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