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tptacek
on Dec 6, 2012
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Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted co...
This is the human shield theory of defending a criminal enterprise, isn't it? Profit from piracy, but cover it up with innocent people's documents.
bediger4000
on Dec 6, 2012
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No, it's the Betamax defense, isn't it? Substantial non-infringing uses make the technology allowable.
res0nat0r
on Dec 7, 2012
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Correct, and this is why Amazon S3 probably the biggest filesharing system in existence is not being sued and being taken offline. Megaupload, not so much.
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