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Old 11-20-2009, 09:05 AM   #219
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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon View Post
No, it's just that. It's pushing the view that contrary to law, common sense and the prevailing morality in today's civilisation, unauthorised copying of any form (which, bear in mind, includes libraries and reading over the shoulder) is "theft".

It's precisely the view pushed by big music and big film companies, and is an acceptance and agreement with their agenda. The people pushing it are ignoring the fact that the music industry has killed its own market, the film industry isn't far behind...and they want to force in onto everyone else.

Well, I'm sorry they hate creative media so much, but there's really nothing to discuss until they're ready to accept the fact that they're calling for neo-prohibition, and with about as much success. The vast majority of the games industry doesn't want your stance, doesn't want to drive customers away and doesn't want to end up where the music industry is!
They are pushing the view that unauthorised copying is wrong. (A view with which I happen to agree, though that's not the point I'm trying to make at the moment - they're doing that very well themselves.)

The fact that they choose to use the word "theft" to describe the wrongness of the act is orthogonal to the discussion of the morality of the act.

The way you equate the belief that unauthorised copying is wrong with a hatred for creative media is, frankly, utterly bizarre - that sort of ludicrous statement does nothing to help your case.

/JB
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