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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Again, they already enforce laws about copy right infringement, patent disputes etc. which are very similar to intellectual property laws. Lots of patents are for inventions--and thus are a persons intellectual property.
Inventing a gadget or medicine etc. and getting a patent to protect it and make money off of it is no different than an artist making music or an author writing a book. It's their copyrighted intellectual property.
All that stuff is not criminal law. I just don't see this as any different than other types of patents/copyrights. People just see it different for some stupid reason since the product is electronic vs. being a physical CD or book. Property is property. Pay for it or do with out it unless the owner is giving it away.
And yes it was the typical anti piracy rant as this site is full of pirates, so I expect this thread to be all up in arms against the government trying to protect peoples intellectual property because people here have some sense of entitlement to be able to get things free, or pirate things not available in their country.
There's no excuse for break laws, criminal or civil. If you don't like a law, work to change it. Boycott the products, write publishers. Don't break the law, steal someones intellectual property and whine when governments take steps to crack down on piracy.
But in any case, I've said my piece and will bow out of this thread now.
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If I listen to an author's 'reading' of his/her latest book, I'm 'stealing' from his as I get the enjoyment of it without having to pay. Oh well, I'm a criminal again! D'Oh!
Derek