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[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They know the game. Articles like this are to gain sympathy amongst the rest of society and cast pirates as ruthless criminals in order to gain public support for some future draconian legislation. We'll probably see some SOPA-like legislation in the near future (probably after the election)