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Old 05-21-2010, 12:20 PM   #231
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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
But you are still wrong. It not because it is bigger at all, it is because the ability to make perfect copies is simple and easy. If you could make a perfect (or reasonable) copy of a paper book the analogy would be the same, but you can't so it breaks down.

My point with this as always is that digital copies of creations must be treated legally the same as physical copies of creations and the laws must change to protect them as property in the same way as physical entities. And be enforced as per the O.P. here.
They already are. Anyone who objects to their intellectual "property" being "shared" on the internet can have it removed. There's only one site that will refuse to do that (not sure if I can name it here, but most people will know who it is).

But where it is just fans "sharing" amongst themselves, which is what it usually tends to be, a simple "Please stop doing this" on the forum where it is taking place will be enough. But it does need to come from the creator themself rather than through Greedymegacorp Inc acting on their behalf.
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