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9x39 • today at 12:35 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

If you had them on camera doing it and proof they did it knowingly and willingly, then you could.

Discovery forces evidence to be turned over, but only if it exists and you know about it. Does the evidence exist?

It did in Swartz’s case, unfortunately for him. We don’t excuse an individual just because it’s harder to hold a corporation accountable. States have immense power over corps old and new, btw, it’s a failure of the people to not demand that be exercised, but this whole discussion is a non sequitur already.


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bayindirh • today at 8:06 AM

> If you had them on camera doing it and proof they did it knowingly and willingly, then you could.

Better yet, they confessed it: "Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'" [0][1]

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752056

[1]: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/microsoft-exec-called-ai-s...

supermatt • today at 7:45 AM

> proof they did it knowingly and willingly

But the emails from MZ explicitly approving LibGen leeching don’t count?

Limited liability doesn’t shield execs from personal accountability for illegal acts - money and power does.