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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm a big fan of the RIAA; it's high time someone made it quite clear to people that it is not "acceptable" to use other people's copyrighted material without paying for it.
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Most people laws not because they are worried about the punishment. They obey laws because they think that the law is right. When people break the law en masse, that's an indication that the law is
wrong.
Copyright is no longer "right." It's far too long (there is no justification whatsoever for copyright to extend past the author's death). When you add bad laws like the DMCA into the mix, the gov't has effectively given the right to change copyright law over to the Content Cartel - who, of course, make the system benefit only them.
You want people to respect copyright? Then make copyright respectable.