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Originally Posted by darryl
@Barry. Even Copyright law cannot be freely discussed. The moderators do not allow anything which even appears to condone piracy in any circumstances, including in the area of academic publishing. It is unfortunate but even some degree of paranoia can be justified here, as some copyright proponents show a propensity to threaten and even sue even in circumstances where their cases are of dubious merit. Yes, we can discuss copyright as I have done in my post, but we must also bear the limits imposed on such discussion in these forums clearly in mind.
However, I think Thasaidon was referring to a discussion of capitalism and economic systems in general which I think clearly do belong in the political forums if they are to be pursued.
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I think there's a big difference in discussing copyright law and condoning piracy. They're not the same thing at all. I don't think anyone in this thread has condoned piracy, or at least I don't recall that anyone has.
I have to agree that a broad discussion of various economic systems doesn't belong in this forum but in this case I think it's at the heart of the topic at hand. I'm all for keeping forums non-political and legal but harsh, knee-jerking censorship is never a good thing.
This is an ebook forum and copyright and it's worldly context has to be openly discussed at times if discussion is going to be free and useful.
Barry