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by lubujackson 25 days ago
"Profoundly immoral" is a very modern and capitalistic perspective. A free exchange of ideas has been the basis for human advancement up until the printing press made exact replicas trivial.

From a capitalistic standpoint, they are clearly in the wrong by basing their models on illegally torrented content. But it's hard to argue their usage isn't transformative.

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Nobody said that it's useless, that's a straw man.

But it also isn't a free exchange of ideas. It's a concentration of capabilities in the hands of a few corporations.