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Originally Posted by kennyc
Let me just try to clarify my point once more and then maybe we can get back to more interesting things.
My opinion: If you take something of mine without my permission, you are a thief.
Certainly that is a simplification but for me is true. It's the golden rule. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
If you earn you living through production of I.P. then I personally am ethically and morally bound to let you do that by purchasing your products legally and by supporting you in your right to do so. If I sell said product then I sell it in total, not keeping a copy or not "selling" it to multiple people, nor giving it away and keeping it myself. Just because something is easy doesn't make it ethical, moral or legal.
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And when I buy something, it's mine! You claim ends! And that has been the golden rule throughout history. If you don't like what I do with it,
don't sell it.
Now, an exception was written into law for I.P. to encourage the creation of more I.P. It is just that, an exception. Not a moral change, nor a change to the concept of "you sold it, it's now mine".
I agree with a limited exception for that reason. Not because it's moral, or right, but because it's useful. Even so, I don't waive my "I bought it, it's mine" right. As far as I'm concerned, when you sell me something it's mine to do with as I please, and you no longer have a claim. I'll grant you the exception of further copying, not for moral reasons, which I don't recognize, but for practical encouragement of more I.P. creation.