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Treating piracy like a moral issue is the reason it won't be stopped. If you assume it's morally wrong, then it's okay for the state to use whatever tools necessary to stamp it out but will ultimately fail at stamping it all out. However, if you treat it like a failure of a business model, then it leaves it to the creators rather than the state to figure it out, and it opens up the possibility of creators coming up with a business model that actually functions alongside their customers' behaviour. Wesley Verhoeve (founder of Family Records music company) puts it this way: Quote:
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I often wonder how many "pirates" are precisely like him, bought the book, but just want to, uh, keep it? Basically keeping the copy as "proof" that he bought and paid for it. |
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Wanting to control who can see what, where and at what price, trying to control a part of individual freedom like some so called copyright holders do is what is really wrong.
I don't care how the term has been used for the past centuries because the term was decided by those with an interest in it thus making them judge, jury and executioner. It's a form of oppression and whether you like it or not the advent of the internet has dented that oppression. it is not and never will be wrong to fight for one's freedom to control one's own life. Quote:
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Fight piracy starts with making sure people willing to buy can do so. And can do so easily. |
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10-14-2012, 04:02 PM | #158 | |
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The problem isn't so much copyright as how rights holders are abusing copyright to sway the old balance into their (almost exclusive) favour. |
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Can you point to the section of the Kindle "Terms and Conditions" where it says that you can not have the same book on multiple devices? Or where it explicitly says that you can not loan your Kindle to someone else? As far as I can see, it is definitely not against the terms to have multiple people reading books on different devices tied to the same account. If it were, why would Amazon have this statement on the "Manage Your Kindle" page? Quote:
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=201014950 Notice that it says that content is licensed for your personal use only. I very much doubt that this includes buying 20 Kindles and lending them to all and sundry. Do you think it covers that? |
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Does an open server constitute piracy? If it does I do not advocate the practice. |
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I would guess that this is intended to cover the situation where, say, a husband and wife each have a Kindle, both registered to the same account (I know several couples who do this). In that case, they may well be reading the same book on each of the Kindles.
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