Dec 1, 2021

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This day in history

2006, 2011, 2016, 2020.

#15yrsago MPAA wants the right to commit fraud https://www.wired.com/2006/12/mpaa-kills-anti-pretexting-bill/

#15yrsago MPAA: it’s OK to copy movies if you keep them in a vault https://web.archive.org/web/20061019205940/http://www.slumdance.com/blogs/brian_flemming/archives/001953.html

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