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submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

A lawsuit filed by educational publishers in 2024 accuses Google of profiting from textbook piracy. At the heart of the complaint are claims that Google's ‘systemic and pervasive advertising’ of infringing copies promotes pirated copies sold by third parties. In its recent motion to dismiss, Google argued that the publishers' vicarious liability claim fails to meet the legal standard. In an opinion and order handed down this week, the judge agreed - but not on everything.

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

So weird how laws never seem to protect the weaker party from the stronger one, only ever enabling stricter repression.

The only solution is to add more laws

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

blame capitalism and big corporations, if there's one thing I've learned in this life it's that if you're rich you can do almost anything, "legal" or illegal, Just look at the amount of sh*ts Elon and Zuckerberg have made and gotten away with over the years.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah we should make some laws to put a stop tothat.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

No need, the adequate law already exists: gravity. You can assist it with a guillotine for a more efficient execution, even.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

No but see we need more laws.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

in terms of the fight against AI slop this is terrible news. in the fight to access information media freely forever this is almost... good news?

this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2025
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