[paulddraper]

I used to have a book dropped off at my house that had the names, phone numbers, and physical addresses of everyone in my area.

[delta_p_delta_x]

What you didn't have was a computerised database which could spam everyone on that list in milliseconds, or profile everyone's character, purchase history, medical history, and more.

We used to do a lot of worse stuff too, like eat radium hoping for brighter skin.

[FatherOfCurses]

Are you seriously comparing an analog phonebook to machine-searchable structured data made available in a data breach?

[paulddraper]

I'm saying allowing distributing books but criminalizing distributing the digital version is an overrotation.

As much as extreme viewpoints play well on the internet.