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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
I don't see him offering any actual evidence of this--he falls back on the "why would people buy a car when they could steal one for free" metaphor and ignores the most profitable denial of that claim: the bottled water industry.
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I have to admit, I'm really looking forward to the absolute shitstorm that will result from 3D printers becoming mainstream, and you
can download a car (or at least the plans to print one). It'll make the current copyright fuss pale into insignificance
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
People do, indeed, buy things they can easily get for free--if the purchases are convenient and inexpensive enough.
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This, I think, is the real solution. There's far too much faffing around with buying almost anything digital.
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
I notice he doesn't actually say *how* the internet can be regulated.
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Magic digital pixies probably. I've noticed that the people all for total internet regulation don't actually have a clue what's involved.