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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
I'm not trying to convince the other side.
I'm not even really trying to convince the lurkers who wander into the thread. Or at least, not directly trying to convince them I'm right. I'm mostly hoping to convince them that copyright is complicated, that the laws are unclear because they weren't designed for digital content, that some of the legal situations make no sense, and that there's no simple answer of "just read the laws and then you'll know what's okay."
While I'd (of course) like it if everyone agreed with *my* interpretation of the laws & court rulings, I'm much more invested in more people becoming aware that copyright laws desperately need reform, and need to be re-designed, possibly from the ground up, to deal with the realities of instant free copies across the globe.
I'd like that reform to acknowledge the difference between "copies for commercial gain" and "copies without renumeration." And the difference between "direct copies" and "conversion copies" and "derivative use of copyrighted material." But mostly, I'd like people to be more aware that this is important--that these are growing issues that won't go away if the general public just says "bah, too complicated for me!"
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You are so right about copyright reform being needed. The copyright laws have become horribly convoluted from influence by lobbying from big money concerns (can anyone say "Disney?") and from falling behind technology.