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Except that this is a wholly American issue - a draconian legal situation created to capitalise intellectual property to the detriment of personal freedoms, exported by American precedent and extra-territorial corporate enforcement of media going back to '76 and then the CTEA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1976 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act

Even in the US freedom of speech 'in the strong form' only exists until someone DMCA strikes for fair use with no recourse, or until a legal or federal agency is leveraged against you SLAPP style.



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