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Originally Posted by bucsie
Then one can argue that there is only 1 actual thief - the one that makes the first copy available on the net - as that one doesn't have the copyright holder's permission. everyone else has the pirate's consent.  |
I know you have a smiley there, but just to be clear: The pirate doesn't have the right to give consent to duplication of copyright material for which they don't have a reproduction agreement with the copyright holder. That's rather the entire point of copyright: to stop the publishers (or pirates) ripping off authors completely.