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Re:Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Nin... by LPisGood on Monday September 14, 2026 @05:24PM (#49704270)
It should be noted that suing gun manufacturers for murder has been done successfully. A more charitable comparison might be suing a torrent aggregator instead of the end users doing the distribution.
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Re:Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Nin... by another_poster on Monday September 14, 2026 @06:35PM (#49705174)
But if Amazon were harmed, wouldn’t they sue their customers first because they perpetrated the purported crime? This seems like going after the gun manufacturer for the claimed wrong that was actually committed by their customers.
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Re:Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Nin... by cheeze on Monday September 14, 2026 @05:28PM (#49704336)
> suing a torrent aggregator

Which has also been done :|

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Re:Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Nin... by LPisGood on Monday September 14, 2026 @05:29PM (#49704361)
Right, which is why it is a charitable comparison of the lawsuit, showing how it may be successful.
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