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Old 08-26-2010, 12:43 AM   #71
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The original intent of copyright law was as stated previously. Incentive for folks to create, to make a profit...then it was turned over to the public for the public good.

Then it was totally butchered to the current lifetime + 50...along with other changes to account for corporate "people" (you know...that have the same rights as people now apparently, except the bad parts).

I can see extending it a bit beyond the 14+14 concept it started with...but 100+ years is ridiculous. As is the corporate loopholes.

I don't have any ethical issues with downloading things not commercially available. With books I think I don't really have any ethical qualms about buying a physical copy at a used bookstore and downloading an ebook, either - IMO that's even better. Who am I depriving income of, then, really?
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