Mohamed

This is irrelevant because Meta should not be tried for this the same as a private individual would be.

The case for torrenting being illegal for private individuals is one or both of:

1. Downloading in of itself is stealing.
2. Uploading is giving unauthorized access to someone else who otherwise might have had a harder time finding it. Anything else, such as watching, reading, listening, learning, etc. is not illegal (or does not make sense to make illegal). The exception might be publishing. This is rare for private individuals (e.g. using pirated FL studio to make a commercial song).

For corporations, a lot change. Firstly, a corporation downloading a torrent is necessarily making unauthorized material available for some people of the company. It's like a group of 20 friends all downloaded and uploaded to each other. Secondly, they used this copyrighted material commercially (like playing pirated music in a public night club). Both should be illegal.

However, all of this is still a distraction. The real issue is using copyrighted materials to train commercial AI. Does Meta require permission from copyright holders to make AI based on their work? The law is grey on this, and desperately needs regulations.

Just my thoughts.

Youre both saying the same thing!

"A russian VPN is blocked" is what you showed. From that, we can infer that probably all Russian ip's are blocked.

I am definitely interested.

What is? What do you mean?

Here's a nerdy math way.

Assume that some numbers are not interesting. Let n be the smallest non-interesting number. Since n is the smallest number that's not interesting, it is interesting.

I heard that it is the defenseless arctic that is Canada's weakpoint, due to ice melting.

Except for 0, 1, 2, 3.

Integers are necessarily irrational because π is transcendental and not an algebraic number.

What do you mean we were already independent? (Genuinely asking)

I just want to rant.

The fact that "the judicial branch is controlled by [insert party]" is a valid and true statement to make, especially right now with the GOP, is such a bastardization of the separation of powers.

Those are all interesting questions that, like you said, generally do not admit clear answers.

For art, maybe there is a related question. Should analysis of an art piece (be it text, music, visual, etc.) also analyze the artist, or, put another way, is understanding the artist important to understanding their art? I, personally, like to say that the artist, in general, usually distracts from the art. But this is in many cases untrue.

I think you are missing the point of @clay_pidgin's reply.

This is about achieving critical mass. This type of protest can carry significant costs to the protestor: job loss, being targetted, etc. Achieving a critical mass is to get a protest large enough that either makes those costs worth it, or removes those costs (it is easier to fire one person than it is to fire 100000 people).

I think Global refers to "globally within the US".

It is an intersting question, but I think it is better for the reaistance movement if people outside of the US continued to work and buy things (that dont support the US).