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·il y a 3 ans·discuss
The whole idea relies on a hierarchy of power so unnerving it's the basis of folklore across human cultures.

Unlike costmetic surgery, your gain depends on someone else's loss.

There are likely to be supply/demand issues in a society with where citizens have free access to each others blood for recreational purposes.
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·il y a 8 ans·discuss
One guess might be that the forward for the third edition was provided by Jacob Appelbaum, who turned out to be not such a cool guy.

I’m glad the version with the Lessig forward was posted (though I should probably read the new essays, too).
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·il y a 8 ans·discuss
International IP law is standardized through the World Intellectual Property Organization. National laws like the DMCA in the US are local implementations of the international agreements.

Conforming to these rules is necessary to join any international club.

Without agreeing to terrible copyright laws, as a country, you basically don’t exist.

Take a look at the map here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Or...
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·il y a 9 ans·discuss
Ah, too late to edit, but it was Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (apologies).
confounded
·il y a 9 ans·discuss
This is basically how Signal avoid being blocked in (IIRC) Saudi Arabia.