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Old 01-10-2010, 10:31 AM   #363
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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj View Post
1. That's simply not true.
2. Even if it was, what hurts creators and their agents (if we mean by this only the fraction of creators that won't produce without monetary payment) may benefit the society.
As a general principle, allowing "benefit to society" to outweigh individual rights is a bad idea. It may be necessary in some narrowly-defined circumstances where life and limb are at stake, but otherwise it can be used to justify all kinds of horrors.
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