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Originally Posted by kennyc
Now that's a scary thought!  But still the story indicates that people are coming around the the true legacy of digital media and intellectual property.  |
I don't think that it says that "people are coming around" to any particular view. It says that those who stand to gain from selling the content have the view that people making unauthorised copies should be punished, and they are promoting the view that it is the same as stealing. Thank goodness that the law disagrees with them, and with good reason.
Are we going all the way round again? Essentially, sane people agree that legally, unauthorised copying that is illegal is not (legally) classed as theft. Morally, some people think that it is the same. Others think that it isn't. There are lots of nuanced views inbetween (which consider, for example, whether something would have been out of copyright under the rules used to grant copyright in the first place).