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When we're discussing litigation, it certainly matters what is legal.

>>jeremy+(OP)
And also - if what is legal isn't right, we live in a democracy and should change that.

Saying what's legal is irrelevant is an odd take.

I like living in a place with a rule of law.

>>onlyre+z91
Should Harriet Tubman have petitioned her local city council and waited for a referendum before freeing slaves?

>>soulof+tB3
Time will tell if comparing slavery to copyright is ridiculous or not.

In the case of slavery - we changed the law.

In the case of copyright - it's older than the Atlantic Slave Trade and still alive and kicking.

It's almost as if one of them is not like the other.

>>onlyre+y44
> It's almost as if one of them is not like the other.

Use this newfound insight to take my comment in good faith, as per HN guidelines, and recognize that I am making a generalized analogy about the gap between law and ethics, and not making a direct comparison between copyright and slavery.

Can we get back on topic?