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Re:Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does... by geodel on Thursday August 20, 2026 @09:04PM (#49382401)
Ok, how did it work our for countries where it did took root?
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Re:Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does... by jacquesm on Thursday August 20, 2026 @09:46PM (#49382683)
Good enough, France, the Nordics and many other countries besides have done well.
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Re:Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does... by mlrtime on Friday August 21, 2026 @07:29AM (#49386540)
"Done well", but not as good as the US. [depending on which stats you cherry-pick]

The US was always about dreamers taking big risks for big rewards. There are a lot of things that can be fixed that don't remove that ceiling that other countries have.

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