• aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    Mentally translating this as: Competition from the free market unfairly prosecuted by a tyrannical state that enforces the monopoly of “intellectual property” of corporations

    This is insane. This does not warrant a 48 year sentence; some actual rapists and murderers get off for less time. The “justice” system is a joke and doesn’t prosecute criminals. It prosecutes those that threaten the system.

    • blindsight@beehaw.org
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      4 months ago

      Sentencing hasn’t happened yet; 48 years is the maximum, according to the article.

      Whatever the sentence is will be ridiculous since it’s just copyright infringement, but hopefully the sentencing goes to a small fraction of the maximum.

    • HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      To be fair, Netflix and the others all had to pay licensing fees and whatnot. I think governments should simply ban exclusivity deals so that competition can exist.