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India blocks GitHub, after lobbying done by copyright trolls (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Moonrise2473@feddit.it to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Who cares if nobody can work, the important is that those illegal streams are blocked

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[-] artaxadepressedhorse@lemmyngs.social 77 points 2 years ago

At what point can we all just acknowledge that copyright law has become a public nuisance in its current form

[-] laylawashere44@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 2 years ago

[-] jomoo99@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I've always thought that China's complete disregard for IP is one of their greatest strengths tbh

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Probably never, since it benefits large corporations

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

The ONE thing I might have in common with the hexbear people is thinking China has the right ideas when it comes to copyright. Copyright and trademarks only serve to hinder innovation.

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