Thread: Court Rules That File-Sharing Service Infringed Copyrights
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Old 05-19-2010, 08:45 AM   #92
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Originally Posted by afa View Post
You want to strip DRM for personal use, because you have multiple devices or whatever? Go ahead. You want to be able to lend it to a family member or a couple of your friends? That's fine by me.

But uploading it on the darknet so millions of people can get it for free, and deny the author his right to earn a living? Sorry, but that's not something I will ever, ever agree with.
Circumvention of copy protection is a criminal offence, unauthorised distribution of digital content is just a civil offence (at the moment). If you are going to pick and choose which laws you will obey and which laws you will ignore, shouldn't the severity of the offence be considered? If not, why not?
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