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Originally Posted by Kirtai
Or maybe people like the Chinese government? IIRC, one of the reasons things like TOR was invented was so political dissidents could transfer information and files without being murdered by their own governments.
And yes, while those things can be misused to destroy the livelihood of people who depend on a state-enforced temporary monopoly that's doesn't make them automatically evil.
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Yes, just like a gun can be used in self defense or to rob a bank. Just because you support one use for a tool doesn't mean you sanction all uses. And Chinese dissidents have progressed to using free VPN services by now, just for your information.
There is no "state-enforced temporary monopoly". Unless you call the right to be paid for one's work such a monopoly. We shouldn't treat people's work as worthless just because it so happens it can be duplicated in digital form.