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I made this argument for music on here a while back, that even if it is not the most economical outcome that a content creator should be able to choose who they

• nailer 16y ago
  Indeed. AFAICT there's are two groups: * People who get that creative output is creative output, and that as creators at HN we should support creation and our ability to determine who gets to copy what we make. * There's another part who says 'digital is special' and because we use computers, anything that uses computers is somehow good and should not be stopped.
  • cabalamat 16y ago
    > anything that uses computers is somehow good and should not be stopped Whether copying on the internet should be stopped is irrelevant. The whole point of the net is to copy vast amounts of data across the world cheaply and effortlessly. You couldn't stop this without shutting down the net. Which is impossible.
    • nailer 16y ago
      > Whether copying on the internet should be stopped is irrelevant..you couldn't stop this You can't stop any human behaviour completely. This is irrelevant to whether you should try.