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Originally Posted by Catlady
So do you think each individual has an active duty to verify that a book sale is legal? Sorry, but that's ridiculous.
It's not that consumers "don't actually care" or that it "doesn't matter" to them--it's that it is an absurdly onerous burden.
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Well, the copyright system does not charge copyright holders even a tiny fraction of what it would cost to have the government pick up the tab for that burden. When you want something for free you tend to accuse others of something nefarious when they aren't providing your free stuff.
As goofy and over the top as giggleton is, he only ever debates against other people who also want free stuff in the other direction. Thus, they are sort of in balance.
To see this on a larger scale, watch the collaps of the Euro (happening in real time before you now) to be followed by the flawed govermental frankenstein that instituted it.