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[–] [email protected] 198 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Fair use once it's posted on the web? Thank you very much for the framework to pirate anything and everything.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 86 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Microsoft would prefer that you pirate Windows rather than use Linux, as it further entrenches their dominance in the market.

They mainly make their money off of business licenses anyway, similar to Adobe and Autodesk.

There's a reason massgravel's scripts are hosted on Microsoft's GitHub platform and hasn't been taken down.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If that’s the case, then why not release a free home version??

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

They already have a free version of Windows. Just don't activate it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

My one dark hope is AI will be enough of an impetus for somebody to update DMCA

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If that gets updated, then it will favor big corporations.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Only because our “representatives” let them write the law entirely. Imagine if Congress wasn’t filled to the brim with 80 year old fundraisers…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

When is the last time a crisis resulted in a better solution for the general public?