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What's magical is the thinking involved in copyright, particularly as it involves the digital space.

I 100% guarantee that if a dead tree library xeroxed their books during a national emergency, nobody would be making comments like this. Somehow, because computers are involved, magical thinking gets a pass.




It’s not magical thinking if the law agrees.


Try giving some thought to the consequences of your line of thought if applied before 1865 in the US and I hope you'll understand exactly how specious it is.




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