[Trenien]

[Disclaimer]Although I do have an opinion about it, I make no moral judgement [/Disclaimer]

Let's see, how should I go about this ?...

- Steal: To take the property of another without right or permission.

- Copyright: The legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work.

Please reread the copyright definition once again. You'll note that nowhere is it written that copyright is property. Copyright is a state-granted monopoly to its owner (in other word you don't own any kind of knowledge you produced, you own a copyright to it). If you want to keep an "idea" (i.e: idea, book, song, movie and so on) your property, don't make it available to anyone in any shape or form.

Fun fact: the first law recognized as copyright (the Statute of Anne ) worldwide was in England - for 20 or 30 years after publication. Because it didn't suit them for a long time, the US didn't have any kind of copyright until the late XIXth century. If I remember properly, it was originally of about fourteen years after publications; to be compared with the now 70 years after the death of the author (anybody knows when is the next time Disney will be about to lose Mickey Mouse?)

Some of the most extremist in favor of copyrights' laws are against free libraries - you should pay each time you borrow a book. In fact you should pay each time you make use, in any shape or form, of any copyrighted material. At least that's internally consistent.


I did upload a few of my works (mostly clip-arts) on the internet over time. I always made sure it was under CC. it's a fact my livelihood isn't based upon copyright at all, but I do know if my job was along those lines, I'd do my best to make it so my wages were not dependent upon whether or not the copyright has been infringed:

Harsh fact: copyright infringement (as defined today) is here for good. You can rage at it all you want: Although the people in power are for now toughening copyright's law worlwide, it only gains momentum (demonoid case being a very minor stepback). Populations at large don't think it's wrong. At one time or another, laws will have to recognise that (that's Democracy folks). Sorry, but people who don't embrace it are keeping their head in the sand (and are going to be trampled by it).