He suspects the MPAA would love to make a legal example of him, and he doesn't want to give them an opening. The central issue, which clarifies as the story opens up, is that Charlie is starting to realise that they are non-binary. You can read this issue in full here. His trick is to lightly pierce the bulging caul, which collapses in to hug the encased stomachs.. This prevents people from leeching, a classic P2P problem in which too many people download files and refuse to upload, creating a drain on the system.
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