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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
They are thieves.
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Legally they're not. I don't think that it's helpful in terms of language to use such an emotive term for the vast majority of the population. Have you
never copied an album onto cassette, or the modern equivalent of copying some mp3s from a friend? Have you
never broken the rules for copying broadcast television? (in the UK this would have meant never keeping a videotape beyond a couple of weeks, at one time). Perhaps you haven't, but I would think that very unusual.
I don't see labelling most people as thieves being a helpful response to the changes resulting from the move to digital media. We need new laws which take account of what most people think - because they are
our laws. The state should be there to serve the citizen, not vice versa. So we need to come up with new rules that are fair for the consumer - not just big business.