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Top EU Court Says There’s No Right To Online Anonymity, Because Copyright Is More Important (www.techdirt.com)
submitted 3 months ago by LibertyCatalyst@links.hackliberty.org to c/privacy@links.hackliberty.org
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/21787602

This is a good example of how copyright’s continuing obsession with ownership and control of digital material is warping the entire legal system in the EU. What was supposed to be simply a fair way of rewarding creators has resulted in a monstrous system of routine government surveillance carried out on hundreds of millions of innocent people just in case they copy a digital file.

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[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"individuals don't matter, only the rights of businesses matter" sounds like something I'd hear from the US.