If copyright infringement really is theft, then that means we need a trial to go on in the middle of a quarantine, which also requires gathering people together, getting judges, lawyers, jurors, and the plaintiff himself a risk of contracting the virus. On top of all the issues with trying to enforce copyright, it's dangerous to even hold a trial right now, so what kind of leverage do the publishers think they have? Do they think they can get an arrest warrant signed by a judge when all of society has shut down?
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The Crazy Part About All of This
If copyright infringement really is theft, then that means we need a trial to go on in the middle of a quarantine, which also requires gathering people together, getting judges, lawyers, jurors, and the plaintiff himself a risk of contracting the virus. On top of all the issues with trying to enforce copyright, it's dangerous to even hold a trial right now, so what kind of leverage do the publishers think they have? Do they think they can get an arrest warrant signed by a judge when all of society has shut down?
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