This is a good example of how copyright’s continuing obsession with ownership and control of digital material is warping the entire legal system in the EU. What was supposed to be simply a fair way of rewarding creators has resulted in a monstrous system of routine government surveillance carried out on hundreds of millions of innocent people just in case they copy a digital file.

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    5 months ago

    Guys and gals, use I2P. Make systems that are built upon it to make it faster and more diverse. If it becomes as popular as torrents nowadays, we won’t have to fear slow speeds and takedowns, nor courts or police - unless they make using anonymous networks a crime…

    Anti Commercial-AI license

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      Sweden’s on their way to doing that. They’re looking into making encrypted chats illegal…