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Originally Posted by Moejoe
But lets say we go back to the physical world for a moment. If I buy a book who do I ask permission from to loan that book to a friend? Whose permission is needed for me to give that book away, or sell it on? The average amount of times a paper book is read without payment is 6 times. That's 6 times people don't pay for it. Your 'permission' based world doesn't actually exist whether you look at it digitally or physically.
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Well in the USA the permission is given but the first sale doctrine in the Copyright Law in 1976 but first recognized in 1908 by the US Supreme Court. It holds true for software. but of course you knew that so I don't understand your argument here.