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OK, how would you choose to rewrite the law, in order to only target the things that the law is actually trying to target? Many arguments about intellectual pr
by hugh3 15y ago
OK, how would you choose to rewrite the law, in order to only target the things that the law is actually trying to target?
Many arguments about intellectual property get confusing, because the folks making arguments like "this law is aimed at targeting X but theoretically could be used to target Y and hence will result in the entire population being locked up" are folks who don't actually think X should be illegal either.
In this case the real targets are the folks who are quite deliberately making websites that serve copyrighted material for profit. We all know that these exist -- just type "watch [your favourite tv show] online" and about a dozen of 'em will pop up. If we assume that we want to make this illegal (I know I sure as hell wouldn't want somebody else making money off my intellectual property without my permission) then how can we rewrite this law to do that, while protecting the theoretical case where the camera accidentally pans past a television while recording a cat?