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> In the most recent fiscal year, Alphabet's net income amounted to 73.7 billion U.S. dollars

Absolutely no way. Yup.

> Buying millions of ebooks online would take a lot of effort, downloading data from publishers isn't a thing that can be done efficiently

Oh no, it takes effort and can't be done efficiently, poor Google!

How can this possibly be an excuse? This is such a detached SV Zuckerberg "move fast and break things"-like take.

There's just no way for a lot of people to efficiently get out of poverty without kidnapping and ransoming someone, it would take a lot of effort.




copyright piracy isn't theft, try proving damages for a better arguement


Not my point, never said it is. Substitute that example with another criminal act.

Edit: Changed it just for you


copyright infringement is a civil charge, silly guy. no offense, but there arent many ways to defend its existence in current form without resorting to hyperbolic nonsense and looking silly in the process. so its not a 'crime' and you have to prove damages for a civil offense so... youd need to prove that ai caused damages or how that is materially different from other algorithms like google scanning documents to provide the core utility for their service




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