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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm not talking about what I do or don't believe. I'm talking about whether or not lending someone a physical object (a printed book) can be equated to giving someone a copy of a digital one. I would respectfully submit that they are two very different acts, and that giving someone a copy of a digital item is what has conventionally been described as "piracy".
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I would have absolutely no problem with that statement. I don't find it very relevant or interesting since no one is actually
trying to equate the act (at least not at the electron level). They're equating the end
result of the acts and comparing the "harm done" between the two.
If you'd left it there, I'd've taken no issue. But you don't seem capable of making that statement without questioning the integrity of the people who believe the end result and the "harm done" are very comparable--pre- and post-digital. While at the same time, reserving and announcing the right to interpret "harm done" for your own post-digital
grey activities and how that allows you to retain your integrity. Yes, you very-much HAVE been talking about what you
believe. To great extent, actually.
What IS copyright infringement just isn't all that helpful in a "what
should (or shouldn't) be copyright infringement", or " what is 'honest'" discussion.