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Comment by BobbyTables2

Imagine if the University had sued for their share of the IP and that was created using their resources…

It’s funny because I thought Jobs/Wozinak got their initial funding from selling phreaking boxes. And more recently, Anthropic engaged in criminal copyright violations with only a slap on the wrist.

Feels like a common theme of every “great” company having its origins from a “boost” resulting from criminal activity. (After all, that’s where the money is!)

Just imagine the criminal penalties possible for pirating and selling one copy of a movie or making one long distance phone call with phreaking.

parent BobbyTables2 5 months ago

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