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tqi
on March 4, 2021
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A Tale of Two Slings: Peak Design and Amazon Basic...
This is an interesting pairing with the "Piracy is not theft"[1] post that is also currently on the front page.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26329144
aidenn0
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Seeing as the title has the word "copying" not "stealing" and at the time of this writing, the top comment is basically saying that Peak Design loses nothing from this[1], at least HN is consistent.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26339201
jokowueu
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The difference here is that they are selling it . Amazon isn't giving it away for free they are profiting from it
darawk
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People hosting pirated material often pair it with ads.
sodality2
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And pirates use bulletproof hosting in other countries to avert takedowns. Amazon is in the US, where they are beholden to US laws.
darawk
on March 4, 2021
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Your argument is that by evading jurisdiction, an act transforms from 'theft' to 'not theft'?
sodality2
on March 5, 2021
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No, but from "hey we can do something about this" to "hey we cannot do something about this".
threatofrain
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Why does selling make a difference to the injured party? For example, most people who are torrenting have no interest in sales.
villgax
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It would apply only if pirates were actually selling said content, which in this case Amazon Basics does in fact do.
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[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26329144