It’s a solid defense, since the lawsuit’s about the sharing of the books. The metadata of the torrents isn’t part of the relevant IP, and how they used the content they downloaded is a separate issue.

That’s what I thought. I don’t think their defense succeeding here really gets us anything new.

Has anyone in the US ever been busted for downloading from a direct download portal? Or usenet?

I think any progress here is mostly in principle, as I don’t think there’s a big practical risk to downloading only as it stands today, though I don’t follow things as closely as I used to and could be mistaken.

Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, admitted in court that he downloaded and distributed 30 songs.

Your example is exactly why meta didn’t seed.

Taitorapist Trump

I read this as tator-rapist, and it made me briefly imagine him fucking a potato. Thanks for that.

I doubt she’s ever actually done any cybersecurity work

Given that she thinks this post deserved two hashtags about it, I doubt she actually knows what cybersecurity work is beyond what she needed to memorize to pass some cert exams.

My first thought was some sort of tower defense flash game.

I don’t think that most Trump supporters generally approved of Trump having said, at some point well in the past, that he should grab women by the pussy.

Unfortunately, I’ve met several that do approve. Much in the same way that trump praises putin in a longing, “I wish I could pull that off” sort of way, they admire that shit.

I’d also argue that that sort of stuff crosses a line beyond just being crude. That’s not to imply that he’s not also doing horrible and stupid things policy-wise, but the comment to which I replied was specifically about his rapist mentality.

Control and loneliness, from the ones I’ve interacted with.

No reason not to when grabbing them by the pussy gets you a cult following.

The fuck is wrong with people?

Da duh duh…da duh duh…let the boys be boys!

the links you click go through the native iOS browser, without any ad blocking

That’s the “that way” I meant.

I generally browse the fediverse in my default browser (or a progressive web app) and open links in the same browser. Browser has ad blocking. The network has DNS-level ad blocking. Opening websites like kotaku raw like that seems absolutely insane.

Sounds miserable. Why would anyone choose to browse the internet that way?

Super Dimension Fortress, I believe

Are you not using an adblocker in 2025?

Especially on sdf.org. I’m pretty sure SDF isn’t a word.

Doesn’t even include shipping.

I can’t be the only one that was totally excited about this until the price was posted. Wtf were they thinking?

Calling someone a retard for believing something that’s obviously true is straight out of the flat-Earther playbook.

Replace “dumb kid” with half dozen of my boomer relatives, and you’re spot-on.