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>I think that's something worth reflecting on, about why we feel it's OK to pirate news articles, but not other IP.

A lot of of that is going to stem from the fact that respect for "journalism" is pretty low. More than 99% of news articles are copies of the <1% of original work that happens in that field. In news, everyone is already lifting content from everyone else.



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