Personally, I think nothing short of the death penalty is sufficient deterrent for people who copy binary bytes they have not specifically purchased
in binary byte format.
Anybody that disagrees needs to grow up and start respecting the intellectual right's property!
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Originally Posted by bavardage
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No they shouldn't. Doctorow is not a valid counterexample to the idea that piracy hurts authors, because he gives the erroneous impression that it doesn't.
In fact your slyly bringing it up in the hopes of nudging people toward kindergarten-style criminal activities is almost as heinous as burning down half a dozen rural villages.
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