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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Fun fact: Access to many of the cave paintings are in fact restricted, because human activity can severely damage the paintings.
It's also highly likely that the caves, or relevant sections of caves, were originally used exclusively for religious purposes. Access to those sections would have certainly been restricted.
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Again, the restriction is the artificial construct, not the 'natural' (I think we know what he meant by natural) unrestricted state.
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I'm refuting this with the observation that the overwhelming majority of what gets pirated is already available without restriction, without DRM, and would still be protected by a 28-year copyright term. The motivation is not protest, it's the desire for Free Stuff. Protest is a rationalization, not a true motive.
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The fact that some protesters just want free stuff out of selfish greed does not invalidate the legitimate protestations of others.
However it should provoke a clear 'I'm not with them..." reaction if they don't want folks like you to lump them all together.