Z-library founders arrested in Argentina

Post by wesapien » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 1:19 PM UTC

peoplefromibiza wrote: post #106

phpisthebest wrote: post #66

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>>Would you rather have funds allocated towards social justice or have them spent on intimidating foreign nationals I would rather the justice department, and labor dept choose their targets for non-political reasons, neither for "social justice" nor corporate protectionism

In 1993, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action treats social justice as a purpose of human rights education The declaration was signed by the US as well. So social justice is an objective of US as a whole, as a democracy, as a Country, hence is not a political view since 1993 in USA.

Post by tuyiown » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 1:22 PM UTC

null_object wrote: post #9

I know this won't be a popular take on HN, but while I can understand and to a certain extent sympathize with pirating movies (the intentional friction and arbitrary geographic limitations on access imposed by the multinational movie-industry conglomerates), I can't see stealing some poor author's work in the same light. Sure, people get hung-up about DRM (which can easily be removed by widely-accessible tools), but…

Post by aliqot » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 1:23 PM UTC

psychphysic wrote: post #94

null_object wrote: post #9

I know this won't be a popular take on HN, but while I can understand and to a certain extent sympathize with pirating movies (the intentional friction and arbitrary geographic limitations on access imposed by the multinational movie-industry conglomerates), I can't see stealing some poor author's work in the same light. Sure, people get hung-up about DRM (which can easily be removed by widely-accessible tools), but…

If I can access a book for free at a library. Why can't I read it online for free? Ultimately the answer will be about rights and really suggesting the author can put arbitrary restrictions in content that's been purchased. Those restrictions exist for financial reasons not moral. As such this is not theft in any ethical sense but a quirk of the laws. A law apparently many people disagree with...

Post by JumpCrisscross » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 1:26 PM UTC

DoingIsLearning wrote: post #90

dimva wrote: post #84

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Wage theft is committed by millions of employers, this "theft" was committed by just a few people. While I agree with your general sentiment, the resources required to prosecute wage theft would be vastly greater than to prosecute this case. That being said, they should definitely prosecute wage theft much more than they are now. Maybe the fear of jail time if wage theft were actually prosecuted a few times would det…

> Wage theft is committed by millions of employers... Yes, and of those there are a handful doing it to millions of employees. Wage theft is not a few night shifts rounded off at SMEs. Plenty of traded companies doing it, no reason why you cannot target low numbers of big fish.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 1:29 PM UTC