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Are you aware that the authors are the least privileged in current copyright laws ? Where I live the state even invented a special tax on digital supports (USB
by HugoDaniel 10y ago
Are you aware that the authors are the least privileged in current copyright laws ?
Where I live the state even invented a special tax on digital supports (USB, Hard Drives, etc...) to "favor the authors" because of "piracy". Never met a single author that benefited from that. And trust me I know a lot of them.
Copyright laws were made, and exist, to privilege the industry (which does include authors, at the bottom, if you scrap hard enough).
Just read through the legal code of your country and try to place the "so many" who "work so hard on their craft" along the lines.
- dalore 10y agoIf there is a tax, that makes it legal. If I was paying a piracy tax then I would feel justified in pirating since I've paid for it. But if the tax isn't going to the copyright holders, then sounds like the tax is stealing from the copyright holders also.
- fwn 10y ago> If there is a tax, that makes it legal. Well yes, the storage device is legal. If you meant that this tax legitimised the process of unlicensed content reproduction: You'd probably be better off by lowering your expectations in law makers consistency.
- provoc 10y agoI don't see how this invalidates my comment. If rampant torrenting were to cause such industries to collapse, this would adversely affect everyone involved, and everyone consuming their products. When you steal from the publishers, you are stealing from all within the organisation, whether they be authors, producers, printers, animators, developers, or the many other roles in the content-producing industries.