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Originally Posted by Giggleton
So if a site was to exist that did not profit from the distribution of texts under "copyright" we would be fine, morally, ethically, and legally?
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The doctrine of this seems to be based under the Theory of Lost Sales with the publisher trying to claim that every downloaded copy is lost money.
That doesn't take fair use into account, nor does it cover stuff like orphaned works, works still under copyright but no longer in print, or works given deliberately short print runs (possibly to allow manipulation of the secondary market). Or the publishing and recording industries' clinging to an outdated business model.
Either way, it isn't so much a case of works being forbidden because the head spud in a dic-tater-ship wants to impose fear and terror, as a few greedy hogs not wanting to let anyone else up to the trough.