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Sure, but we've allowed "The Content Oligarchy" to expand Copyright so ridiculously that there is a thing called "Contributory Infringement". If you enable or even don't actively inhibit someone's ability to infringe copyright then you are breaking the law.

The issue described in this article isn't the problem. It is a symptom. The problem, the disease infecting us all, is Copyright Law.



Damn the consequences of distributed creation! It will never last! Content creators need to get paid! Why else would anyone make art?




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