The guy brought before the court was selling legally purchased books. I'm having a hard time understanding how that is reasonable and how that doesn't set a horrible precedent that couldn't affect selling all sorts of foreign made goods...
Interesting, because it's the governments baseless speculation that is leading to the wiretaps (otherwise they could get a warrant). So the government can break the law based on speculation, but we can't speculate that the government breaking civil liberties could be bad.
Also, it seems to be that a lot of people (Aaron Swartz?) Face jail time for speculative harms, no? The government has no problem speculating all kinds of made up evils when it suits it's interests.
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Unpaired parenthesis!!!! OCD overwhelming!!! Where is it's partner??!!?!?!?
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The mistake was living in a police state, obviously.
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What a sad state of affairs.
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Also, it seems to be that a lot of people (Aaron Swartz?) Face jail time for speculative harms, no? The government has no problem speculating all kinds of made up evils when it suits it's interests.
So much for separation of the powers.
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We're not perfect, but whenever we're feeling down we can look to America for a pick-me-up.
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If the publishers want consumer mobility, then they should probably allow resale of digital goods etc.
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OH SNAP
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That wasn't obvious to me, and pronunciation is often (always?) missed in writing.
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