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There's a huge difference between lending your friend a VHS and uploading a torrent. And the idea of owning a license to a piece of intellectual property should
by eastWestMath 9y ago
There's a huge difference between lending your friend a VHS and uploading a torrent. And the idea of owning a license to a piece of intellectual property shouldn't be a hard thing to wrap one's head around if you work in software.
- izacus 9y agoI can wrap my mind around idea of licensing just fine. That in no way means I agree with current one-sided state of affairs in copyright law. I also don't see why did you bring torrenting into the debate - do you consider me sharing am movie to my friend from my iPad to his a crime? Is that the same as torrenting? Or why am I prevented from doing that due to DRM?
- eastWestMath 9y agoStrictly speaking, you don't have the right to do that under the licensing agreement for digital media. You're perfectly within your rights to lend your friend a DVD.
- izacus 9y agoIndeed. Why is that acceptable state of affairs? Remember, we have a law that essentially tells everyone that lending / selling your DVD is legal. Why isn't there such a law for digital content? Why can I sell a Die Hard DVD but not a Die Hard movie file?
- eastWestMath 9y agoBecause there's a difference between owning a physical copy of media and owning the rights to distribute it.
- izacus 9y agoWhy do we let that difference exist? You're trying to lead the debate about changing laws by quoting laws.
- thaumasiotes 9y agoFor a lot of people, the law is a source of morality. Whatever it says is desirable by definition.
- eastWestMath 9y agoSo you believe spending 15$ on a DVD entitles everyone ever to have access to that IP?
- izacus 9y agoNo, what gave you that idea? Do you believe that companies should be able to give you arbitrary restrictions on any thing you bought?
- eastWestMath 9y ago>Why can I sell a Die Hard DVD but not a Die Hard movie file?