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Old 02-28-2009, 11:37 AM   #57
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
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.
I totally agree with that. That's why I'm a big fan and supporter of BAEN. They actually seem to "Get it".

The Author's Guild obviously doesn't.
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