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Originally Posted by HansTWN
So I understand you correctly  , you only object to overly long protection and you agree unauthorized copying is theft when it occurs within a reasonable period, let us just say 20 years (or whatever)? |
Part one pretty much, part 2 never. Infringement != theft. I'll agree it's immoral in many but not all cases. Some people argue ebooks are an added value I disagree. Some might even argue scanning your own book is infringement since it makes an unauthorized copy, I disagree with that. Backups of ebooks may or may not be considered fair use but even if it ends up being decided to not be fair use legally I'm all for it. I see no moral difference between scanning you falling to pieces copy of the moon is a harsh mistress and downloading it from someone who saved you the trouble of doing it yourself and I'm personally starting to wonder if a form of statutory license for some uses might be a good compromise to the problems that are starting to emerge, it worked for radio and sheet music, both industries who are called pirates and thieves back int he day and in fact now radio is being hounded about who they pay and what they pay.