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Re:Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does... by skinfaxi on Thursday August 20, 2026 @08:31PM (#49382170)
I think part of the balance is that law requires discretion because humans are not good at making deny lists which the law boils down to.
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Re:Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does... by AnthonyMouse on Thursday August 20, 2026 @09:31PM (#49382574)
That's just conceding that you don't actually want to have laws and really only want to punish people when you don't like them.
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Re:Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does... by skinfaxi on Thursday August 20, 2026 @10:37PM (#49383028)
That's pretty reductive. Or do you not see a difference for example between someone speeding to get to the hospital vs speeding to elude police after a bank robbery?
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