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Copyright is routinely violated without consequences anyway.
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‘Lawbreakers get away with it all the time so it’s fine.’ How is that an argument?
Criticism of #1337
Just that if it was so crucial for innovation then you'd expect innovation to suffer from all the copyright infringement that is going on.
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That could be happening though, so agreed that it isn't a good argument.
Criticism of #1342
I do expect innovation to suffer from current copyright infringement, yes. Just add up all the infringed copies being shared times the average price, that’s the damage being done and it discourages creators from creating more.