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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Consumers don't have the right to act like thieves and violate an author's copyright when a law created and enforced by the government doesn't agree with them. They are expected to respect and accept copyright, and to treat authors using copyright with the respect and honesty they deserve (since they also have the free alternative to walk away and not read the author's works). And they are expected to challenge their government over unacceptable laws... not to beat up on artists because the laws are unsatisfying.
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The idea that it is possible to steal words is fundamentally wrong. Words belong to everyone. I cannot accept any law that limits in any way my access to information.
Compensation to the creator can easily be solved by an end to the anonymous internet and the institution of access fees. Of course those who can not afford the access fees will have to be subsidized by those who can, perhaps the access fee will be based upon a percentage of your income, like a tax... But that is a few years away at least, probably a decade or more.
Copyright is done, we know this.
Let us speak of the meaninglessness of attribution.