this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2023
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Yes, copyright exists to encourage new works - which the author ignored by creating content violating copyright law. Never mind the public, this dude stole from the copyright holders. He's a pirate and he got caught.
It's crazy that people believe ideas can be owned.
It’s mind boggling how anyone could possibly consider otherwise. Aside from your own life, there’s nothing more belonging to oneself than their thoughts.
..says someone who spent a lifetime forming thoughts and opinions by taking in other people's thoughts. I've yet to see a citation for all the people whose thoughts you're parroting. You've stolen the most personal belonging a person can have!
Our do you think your thoughts which we're reading as words are both original and created in a vacuum?
Are you all children in here? Did you have nap time and your sippy today?