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Originally Posted by barryem
What about the monks who, for generations, copied the bible? Were they pirates?
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No.
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Originally Posted by barryem
Is their guilt lessened by the fact that there were no copyright laws?
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Yes. In fact ... the fact that there were no copyright laws means there was no guilt. Surely you're not comparing you and your compatriots' past actions to monks illuminating bibles?
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Originally Posted by barryem
This is how ebooks began. Ignoring history, pretending it didn't happen, isn't a morally superior position
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Nobody's ignoring or denying
anything. We're merely saying you can't wax fondly about the days when your copyright violations were overlooked because very few people even knew you were doing it. Pretending you were doing the world a favor, or
creating the ebook market is ludicrous.
Stop talking about it. And specifically ... stop talking about it in this thread. It's not relevant at all to the topic.