• GamingChairModel@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I’m gonna continue to use ad blockers and yt-dlp, and if you think I’m a criminal for doing so, I’m gonna say you don’t understand either technology or criminal law.

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      2 days ago

      Thats a crime yeah and if Alphabet co wants to sue you for $1.34 damages then they have that right, just as we should have the right to sue them if their AI crawlers make our site unusable and plagiarize our work to the effect of thousands of dollars, or even press charges for the criminal act of intentional disruption of services.

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        Thats a crime yeah and if Alphabet co wants to sue you for $1.34 damages then they have that right

        So yeah, I stand by my statement that anyone thinks this is a crime, or should be a crime, has a poor understanding of either the technology or the law. In this case, even mentioning Alphabet suing for damages means that you don’t know the difference between criminal law and civil law.

        press charges for the criminal act of intentional disruption of services

        That’s not a crime, and again reveals gaps in your knowledge on this topic.

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          21 hours ago

          That is actually a crime, you will get prison for DDoS in USA, UK, and EU. Presumably you will disappear if you do it in China.

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            19 hours ago

            you will get prison for DDoS in USA

            Who said anything about DDoS? I’m using ad blockers and saving/caching/archiving websites with a single computer, and not causing damage. I’m just using the website in a way the owner doesn’t like. That’s not a crime, nor should it be.

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              19 hours ago

              press charges for the criminal act of intentional disruption of services

              That’s not a crime, and again reveals gaps in your knowledge on this topic.

              We did

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                  18 hours ago

                  You appear to have misread

                  just as we should have the right to sue them if their AI crawlers make our site unusable and plagiarize our work to the effect of thousands of dollars, or even press charges for the criminal act of intentional disruption of services.

                  YOU caused google lost ad revenue

                  GOOGLE’s Crawlers have crippled sites