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Originally Posted by HarryT
The right to keep something private is an extremely important element of copyright law that's often overlooked. It's copyright law that allows you to keep personal stuff to yourself, and NOT have it published against your will. ie it grants a right not to publish, as well as protection for works that are published.
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Quite. That's why I argue against those who claim that pirates are necessarily doing the creator a favor by distributing the work without permission. It's no favor to undermine the control that copyright is supposed to protect. Though, as I said, once published, the genie is out of the bottle, and the argument is weaker in practical terms.