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		Retro_Dev 22 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Copyright does more harm than good and should be a... "can" is different from "do" - they do scrape our data without permission, but it doesn't mean they can (are morally correct in doing so)
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my-huge-pony 21 hours ago | [–]

So this means that the law is only enforced partially and only benefits big corporations which van ignore it. So yet another reason to abolish copyright.

cocoto 21 hours ago | [–]

“do” imply “can”, but “can” do not imply “do”.

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