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Russian missile strikes knock out popular piracy websites
Original: Russian missile strikes take out popular piracy websites
Russian missile strikes on Kyiv have taken down several popular torrent and piracy websites that were hosted in the Ukrainian capital. The strikes temporarily disrupted these sites, achieving what years of copyright enforcement and legislation attempts had not. Commenters are discussing the irony that wartime infrastructure damage proved more effective at shutting down piracy trackers than legal action.
Why now: The irony that missile strikes accomplished what lawmakers and copyright enforcement could not is drawing attention online.
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- Russian missile strikes take out popular piracy websites · rbanffy · 34
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