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Originally Posted by Harmon
Copyright will work when we figure out how the digital environment works, but currently, copyright impedes getting there.
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I don't agree, because I say there's no secret to how the digital environment works. We know exactly how the digital environment works: Digital files can easily be copied and redistributed by anonymous users who believe they cannot be caught and should not be punished.
Copyright isn't "impeding" anything; it's being impeded by scofflaws. Copyright doesn't "work" because individuals don't respect it, and governments don't have the power to enforce it in the digital realm; and knowing individuals can flagrantly violate it without the expectation of punishment, violate it they do.
In that light, only improving the ability to identify scofflaws and punish them for violations will make copyright work.