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Originally Posted by Harmon
There's one caveat, though. It might be that the political and economic power of corporate entities intent on maintaining the concept of IP in the areas of patent and trademark will prevail to such an extent that the concept of IP in the area of copyright will continue to exist.
I could make an analogy to slavery in the US, which continued to exist despite being a vestige of a pre-industrial economy, because of the political power of the southern states, coupled with the economic interests in the slaveholding economy. It took a war to change the law.
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The changes you envision would make the authors and publishers slaves. They would work for free without payments. Admittedly, in a way illegal copying is not exactly equivalent to theft since the original still remains with the owner (though what you are actually stealing is the exclusive right to make copies) it is equivalent to rape. You violate another persons right, without actually taking something physical from them. And yes, I am fully in favor of all normal exceptions for private use.