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AriadneThread
Feb 17, 2011

The Devil sounds like smoke and honey. We cannot move. It is too beautiful.


one the one hand it had to have been knowingly shipped without having the drive wiped
but i have some serious mixed feelings about rummaging through someone's, uh... ex-belongings??? and reposting their work without permission, i don't know i would do that in your position

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AriadneThread
Feb 17, 2011

The Devil sounds like smoke and honey. We cannot move. It is too beautiful.


If the argument is, 'it's illegal to do it'
the counterargument, 'but there's no way they could afford to sue' doesn't feel too good to me personally, on an ethical grounding

AriadneThread
Feb 17, 2011

The Devil sounds like smoke and honey. We cannot move. It is too beautiful.


GOTTA STAY FAI posted:

Really, if you take the whole cultural responsibility angle seriously (not saying you shouldn't), the best thing to do would be to wait and see if you can somehow get in contact with the person that holds the rights to the material. One little letter saying "yah go for it fam" makes any legal and ethical issues vanish instantly.

the author has repeatedly requested all traces of their existence to be wiped from the internet, including contacting defunct podcasts to take down old interviews and requesting people to petition wikipedia to delate their wiki page

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