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tbf complaining about a complete lack of equal enforcement (of an unjust law) is not *quite* the same as supporting the law itself. But it it pretty close

the law is not being unequally applied!!!!

in the sense that the labs are fully capable of continuing to operate and hyperscale while fighting or settling a lawsuit? yeah completely fair. my b

I am so glad to have zero clue what you are talking about because I think I would probably be pretty upset if I saw it

dude killed himself because of an overzealous prosecutor for a crime he should have not gone to jail for and where the prosecutors were trying to black ball him hard to take a six month recommendation for jail time. I know you know this but like I just don't think a martyr's name should be invoked

like that

I try to avoid taking offense online; it’s a bottomless opportunity to be offended if your bar is set low. But turning Swartz into someone who died to prove that intellectual property is sacred — that does actually offend me pretty deeply.

It’s a weirdly perverse move, but a very common one. I suspect it happens so often because people are trying to reconcile the copyleft views they held ten years ago with the copyright maximalism they’ve adopted recently. They do that by implying “even Swartz would agree this is too much.”

My basic theory is this is polarization: The people doing the most to undermine copyright maximalism are modern fascists, large tech companies, and various AI cultists. If your values are supporting scrappy outsiders against capital, well.....