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Levitztoday at 3:24 PM7 repliesview on HN

You can legally act against one, not against the other.

Not exactly a hard question.


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subscribedtoday at 8:47 PM

You can't really act against neither, as the case of Meta "stealing" books, torrenting on the truly industrial scale, sharing books while torrenting, etc, etc, was ultimately deemed okay.

In the se country where downloading an album can get a person in debt or worse.

vitally3643today at 7:25 PM

No, in very real terms you cannot hold an American corporation responsible for anything any more than you could a Chinese or Russian one.

Individual citizens simply do not have the means, and the consequences for trying are life-alteringly severe. In fact the situation is even worse. If you tried to sue a Chinese company as an American citizen, you'd be laughed at and nothing more. If you tried to sue an American corporation, they have the option to either counter-sue, or drag things out so long that the legal fees bankrupt you, or win the case with their armies of lawyers and demand compensation from you that bankrupts you.

A private American citizen simply cannot hold an American corporation responsible. Our legal system is designed to ensure this.

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MSFT_Edgingtoday at 4:13 PM

Technically yes, practically, good luck.

joquarkytoday at 5:36 PM

You can act, but the only winner will be the lawyers.

tcp_handshakertoday at 3:28 PM

Looking forward to the outcome of those legal processes againt the CEOs, that sit behind Trump at the inauguration. After they stole all the knowledge in the world to train their models. And the current administration is drunk on SpaceX pre IPO shares...how did they get them?

"Trump Officials Held Millions of Dollars of SpaceX Ahead of IPO" - https://news.bloomberglaw.com/texas-brief/trump-officials-he...

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SanjayMehtatoday at 3:58 PM

No one is forcing you to use either.

kklisuratoday at 3:50 PM

Ah yes. The illusion of freedom.