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A comment on Popcorntime-desktop repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown. Parent comment

Re:Popcorntime-desktop repository unavailable due to DMCA ta... by llamataboot on Friday July 11, 2014 @05:03PM (#8022388)
It has nothing to do with what the program is used for. It is the idea that simply hosting code that could be used to do something illegal with is itself illegal. This isn't a piracy or copyright debate, it's a freedom of speech debate.
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Re:Popcorntime-desktop repository unavailable due to DMCA ta... by PM_Tech on Saturday July 12, 2014 @10:44AM (#8024649)
Nope it's a piracy debate. Zero Freedom of Speech applicability. FoS is also not absolute.
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Re:Popcorntime-desktop repository unavailable due to DMCA ta... by llamataboot on Monday July 14, 2014 @10:57PM (#8034506)
I didn't say FoS was absolute. That's why it's an interesting debate. But the piracy part of it is fairly irrelevant when it comes to the question, "Is it illegal to host code that can be used for illegal purposes"?
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