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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
I guess.. Although it's mostly just because comparing it with racism is sort of like invoking Godwin.
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Comparison doesn't mean they're equal; it just means we're establishing the limits of equivalency. Racism and copyright infringement are both wrong. Both have underlying root causes. Racism must be addressed at both the overt end and the root causes. So why not address copyright infringement at both ends? Your disinction seems to be because copyright infringement is not that big a problem, at least for books. I posit that condition is only temporary.
I also don't necessarily buy into the logic that "If a problem is not that great, fight it only at the root cause" but it's certainly a common pragmatic solution so I don't quibble with it.