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I want it to happen again. Copyright is important but I want someone that does tremendous good to be able to fall into a grey area where they’re given a free pass. But only on a case by case basis. Keep the lines fuzzy. That way we get to defend copyright but someone extraordinary also has a ray of hope of getting away with subverting it.

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> Keep the lines fuzzy. That way we get to defend copyright but someone extraordinary also has a ray of hope of getting away with subverting it.

That's a very charitable way of saying "someone with deep enough pockets can ignore the law and get away with it."

Or something that works for the public good in the long term even if the public won’t accept it now because the masses are short sighted and only care about their own little worlds.

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