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by ThePerfectLink 1517 days ago
Kinda depends, doesn't it? Depends if you're doing it just to harm Twitter or Musk or w/e, or if you believe that you're doing it for a moral reason, and if that reason is justified. I mean people always say piracy isn't ok, but I truly believe that some media can only acquired and experienced ethically through piracy. The law doesn't make things right or wrong, it just protects things in general.
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US copyright law makes a distinction between civil and criminal consequences based on intent to financially benefit from the copyright infringement. Vandalizing Twitter on the other hand yields both civil and criminal consequences.