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Old 11-15-2011, 05:11 PM   #117
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
You're missing the point of the document: Without agreement on what "copyright infringement" means to each of us, there is no agreement on how to treat or enforce it. That's where the metaphors come in, and why everyone has a different opinion on whether CI applies to them, should be enforced by them, should be redefined by them, etc, etc. Use of the wrong metaphors creates improper shading of arguments, misunderstanding and division... what we have at this moment.
The problem is what it applies to. Copyright is self explanatory: the right to make copies. The copyright holder can authorize others to make copies, but nobody should assume that this authorization is given at the moment of purchase.
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