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Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore
If download a copy of a file of an image of a book, how have I taken anything? And unless I you are an expert in the various legal codes of the world, I would not make such sweeping statements. In traditional interpretations of Islamic law, copyright as it is practiced in the west is for the most part not recognized. The property rights inhere in the physical book and not in the content. For example, if I have purchased a copy of the Davinci Code, according to this interpretation of Islamic law, I have the right to copy it in whole or in part and even to republish it. The main the right that the author possesses is the right to be identified as the as creator of the work. Intellectual Property is not a recognized concept in every law system.
Luqman
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Do you live in a country where "traditional interpretation of islamic laws" are applied?
If not, ask YOUR lawmakers why do they fine you if you download a digital copy of a book. Because they do. I don't care about morality, ethics, religions, any-other-nonsense-philosophical-bullshit:
FACTS ARE THAT all north american countries, central american countries, all european countries, and almost every south american country except maybe two fine you if you share and download digital content without purchasing it; more than that,
fifteen (but maybe more) European countries (I admit ignorance about American countries) consider it on par to unauthorized appropriation.
And lo and behold, unauthorized appropriation is another word for stealing.
Now, in my previous post I was just angry and tired because an interesting discussion derailed on an infertile road; now, I have made my last point.
I can't care less if you don't agree with what lawmakers decided. If lawmakers decided that sharing content (and in way too many cases sharing content is
not limited to internet sharing: it includes photocopies, and as many of you keep forgetting photocopying a book and selling those photocopies has always been forbidden in almost every western country) is a crime, then you can only suck it up and obey, or get fined/go to jail. Or, you can become a politician and try to change the laws.