Re: Article: The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK ISPs, court rules
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TheFoX
How many Mona Lisa prints are there around the world? The original still resides in the Louvre, but there are millions of prints. No one complains about this copying though.
Technically speaking, you could steal a Mona Lisa print.
Re: Article: The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK ISPs, court rules
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mjmacky
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Originally Posted by
TheFoX
How many Mona Lisa prints are there around the world? The original still resides in the Louvre, but there are millions of prints. No one complains about this copying though.
Technically speaking, you could steal a Mona Lisa print.
Stealing a technically stolen item, odd but true.
Re: Article: The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK ISPs, court rules
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OldIronTits
The Brits said that the Yanks would be the first to experience this level of Internet censorship. Haha! Well done, UK! You won!
I think they've finished in a distant 50th.
Re: Article: The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK ISPs, court rules
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TheFoX
Yeah, but when a Brit gets caught sharing files, he gets 150 hours community service and a £400 fine, whereas a Yank gets 5 years hard labour and a $750,000 fine, with interest added daily.
Where is the disparity in that?
We made hard labor illegal years ago. In fact, most of us find even moderately sweaty labor cruel. :fear:
