Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 19, 2002 01:19 AM
I guess people feel better about breaking the law when they call it sharing instead of what it really is: stealing.
Would it still be "stealing" if copyright law didn't exist? Is anyone deprived of some physical object when another ethereal copy is made? If a poor man copies a music CD he could not afford, is anyone worse off than if he had simply gone without? Calling a copyright violation "stealing" is nothing but propaganda. Call it dishonesty if you like, but it's not stealing no matter which way you cut it. And does anyone REALLY believe that all P2P use is just because people are unethical cheapskates? Could it be, perhaps, that people are fed up with paying the "Record Company Tax" on the transfer of works from artist to consumer? A little 'Tea Party' against the wealthy, abusive tyrants perhaps? Now, granted, this is not an end-all solution. If people are going to boycott "Big Record Company," they'd better get used to producing their own Tea as well because you'd better believe the enemy is going to come back, guns blazing in protest. If you want change, you have to make it happen, even if it's not the easiest route.
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Re:Here we go again
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 19, 2002 01:19 AMWould it still be "stealing" if copyright law didn't exist? Is anyone deprived of some physical object when another ethereal copy is made? If a poor man copies a music CD he could not afford, is anyone worse off than if he had simply gone without? Calling a copyright violation "stealing" is nothing but propaganda. Call it dishonesty if you like, but it's not stealing no matter which way you cut it. And does anyone REALLY believe that all P2P use is just because people are unethical cheapskates? Could it be, perhaps, that people are fed up with paying the "Record Company Tax" on the transfer of works from artist to consumer? A little 'Tea Party' against the wealthy, abusive tyrants perhaps? Now, granted, this is not an end-all solution. If people are going to boycott "Big Record Company," they'd better get used to producing their own Tea as well because you'd better believe the enemy is going to come back, guns blazing in protest. If you want change, you have to make it happen, even if it's not the easiest route.
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