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Originally Posted by junkml
I'll go ahead and apologize for that Harry. But, it seemed like you were supporting the DMCA as just another set of laws to protect copyright, and that no one should have a problem with the DMCA. So, I'm sorry if I misunderstood your position.
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I am a firm believer in the need for copyright laws, but I am absolutely not a believer in preventing people from format-shifting, for their own personal use, content that they've legitimately bought. However, the other side of the coin is that I am a firm advocate of very severe punishment for those who upload such material to the internet illegally. "Trust" has to work both ways: publishers should trust customers to use the content they buy in a responsible manner, but those who abuse that trust should be severely punished.