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Originally Posted by kennyc
Many in this thread (and the silent ones who do it), claim that no one is harmed, not even a sale is lost because of a copied file.
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Well, as a matter of fact, this is true. Many file sharers would never have purchased the original, and many DO purchase the original. This is not in dispute, the question is only to what extent this is true.
The damage I was talking about it the damage to the public goods to be brought about by the original social contract. Revolutions are a messy way to redress poor governance - lots of good and innocent people get hurt. which is one of the brilliant aspects of democracy, it limits the social upheaval of armed conflict.
The guys who are kicked in the nuts in that knife fight don't necessarily deserve it. But that is what happens when you mess with the rules - you get no rules. See the post above yours - it summed up the situation 170 years ago, as well as or better than either of us have:
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And you will find that, in attempting to impose unreasonable restraints on the reprinting of the works of the dead, you have, to a great extent, annulled those restraints which now prevent men from pillaging and defrauding the living.
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Excellent quote, igorsk. I would send you some karma, but it looks like you are swimming in it (I like to help out the little guy)
