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account42 on July 11, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Judge dismisses DMCA copyright claim in GitHub Cop...

Somehow this argument does not seem to hold for copyright enforcement of works that have been shared over BitTorrent and it's predecessors for decades.

stale2002 on July 11, 2024 [–]

I can start downloading any major/popular piece of media, starting right now, in under 60 seconds through bittorrent.

I cannot think of a better example of how futile copyright enforcement has been than the example that you just brought up.

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