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[Stilgherrian]

On 25/6/07 1:32 PM, "Rick Welykochy" <rick at praxis.com.au> wrote:
> Philosophically speaking, it is one thing to relieve another
> person of their chattel at gunpoint. It is quite another to copy virtual
> property without actually depriving anyone of anything using a keyboard.

While overall I agree that the crimes of theft and copyright infringement
are in separate categories, the "without actually depriving anyone of
anything using a keyboard" is a furphy.

If you make a copy of someone's copyrighted material without paying, you're
depriving them of whatever profit they would have made had you acquired that
copy according to the license they want you to follow.

Whether you think the price is fair, or the terms of the license are fair,
are different questions yet again...

Stil



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