Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal without proof of seeding

Re:Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal withou... by r1chardnl on Friday February 21, 2025 @05:32AM (#43126026)

"If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research." - Wilson Mizner

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Re:Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal withou... by janlaureys on Friday February 21, 2025 @05:48AM (#43126144)

"Plagiarize, let no one else's work evade your eyes. Remember why the good lord made your eyes, so don't shade your eyes but plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize !" ~ Me

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Re:Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal withou... by jfk13 on Friday February 21, 2025 @05:57AM (#43126198)

Glad to see you didn't acknowledge your source! :-)

(It's Tom Lehrer, for any who don't recognize it.)

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Re:Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal withou... by stevage on Friday February 21, 2025 @07:03AM (#43126575)

No, it's Jan Laureys

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Re:Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal withou... by actionfromafar on Friday February 21, 2025 @07:37AM (#43126780)

- Lincoln. Fact-checked by Meta.

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Re:Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal withou... by edm0nd on Friday February 21, 2025 @07:01AM (#43126557)

I sung this in the style of System Of A Down for some reason

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Re:Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal withou... by okwhateverdude on Friday February 21, 2025 @11:42AM (#43129650)

And now I am infinitely disappointed that there don't seem to be any covers of Tom Lehrer tunes in the style of System of a Down.

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Re:Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal withou... by graemep on Friday February 21, 2025 @06:00AM (#43126218)

Plagiarism is claiming credit for work that is not yours: it is entirely different from a breach of copyright. You can breach copyright without plagiarism, and you can plagiarise without breaching copyright.

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Re:Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal withou... by tsumnia on Friday February 21, 2025 @08:40AM (#43127291)

"Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal" - Picasso

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