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Originally Posted by sirbruce
I'm not sure explicitly aiding copyright violation is wrong on it face. See the thread where some people can't even agree that copyright violation is wrong, period. Or the thread regarding whether or not certain python scripts explicitly aid in copyright violation.
Even if we could agree that copyright violation is wrong, providing tools or mechanisms to make it easier for other people to commit copyright violation is not necessarily wrong. Even if those tools were originally intended to commit copyright violation.
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Some people might disagree that copyright violation is wrong... however, if The Law says it is wrong, that means violators will get punished for breaking it.
I agree, simply providing the tools isn't wrong. Providing them, then calling out "If you use these to violate the law,
we're all for that!" will get you in trouble.
At least they weren't accused of actually pirating the material, but only of being accomplices...