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@DiapDealer. A very absolute point of view. But people are prepared to do wrong both in pursuit of their own interests and what they see as the public interest. Activists for all sorts of causes seem to have little compunction in breaking the law. Though they know they are themselves doing the wrong thing they argue that the wrong acts of the person they are harming justifies their own actions. They argue that the law concerned is an unjust one and must be disobeyed. These are very convenient rationalisations and of course often obscure the real personal reasons behind their actions. Unfortunately the current "rights holders" are far from angels, the current intellectual property system is far from equitable and in many cases does substantial harm. This does not of course justify copyright infringement on entertainment products, which are hardly essential. But is the issue as clear-cut when life-saving medicine is involved? Or scientific knowledge acquired with public funds is locked up in expensive private journals which consume huge amounts of the education budget? This is of course a debate not really suited to taking place on Mobileread. I don't even know if your absolute extends to these harder areas, and you certainly do not say that it does. But rationalisations can sometimes have some validity, despite the fact that they are rationalisations.
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