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Pent on June 23, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: 53 VCs from 40 firms send letter opposing PROTECT ...

Unfortunately in this case, if the public were voting on the PROTECT IP Act, I can imagine the majority would vote for it because Piracy is Bad.

Wilduck on June 23, 2011 [–]

My family has somehow associated the word "download" with stealing. If I say anything about downloading a piece of software, I get lectured that Piracy is Bad, regardless of the fact that it's usually open source/free.

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