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Originally Posted by HarryT
No, P2P isn't at all the equivalent of lending a friend a copy of a book. It's the equivalent of photocopying 1000 copies of the book and then setting up a stall by the roadside, giving them away to anyone who wants one for free.
You don't think that this can be morally justified, do you, surely?
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Harry, morals has nothing to do with it. I'm talking business and reality. If you believe anything about copyright laws within the last 50 years had anything to do with moral, I'm afraid you're in for a huge disapointment.
What I wrote is what I think the best and most just solution - and the only one with a chance to work. If something of the sort isn't quickly done, I believe copyright will be gone within the next 20 years.
NB: Let me correct myself here. I actually think there's another possibility: global licencing. It'd be a bitch to set up on a global scale, but it'd work.