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by baddox 2377 days ago
What I meant is that the thing it's facilitating is not copyright infringement. It's not copyright infringement to download a document that was intentionally provided by a public server. The fact that they display paywalls to some visitors under some circumstances is irrelevant. Remember, you can also "circumvent" these paywalls by reading a newspaper at a library or office lobby.