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The copyright lobby and privacy are on a crash course. As long as it's legal for us to privately exchange information, copyright cannot be enforced.
by praptak 15y ago
The copyright lobby and privacy are on a crash course. As long as it's legal for us to privately exchange information, copyright cannot be enforced.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoUntil one of the "us" is someone who's recording the exchange, and is willing to provide the evidence.
- praptak 15y agoYes, the police try that against drug trade. This, plus drug dogs (are there copyright infringement dogs yet?) and their successes are moderate (if you look at reducing drugs availability, not the number of people put in jail.)
- pavel_lishin 15y agoSure, but it still sucks for the guy in jail, and law enforcement doesn't seem to be discouraged by your numbers.
- praptak 15y agoI wasn't 100% clear with "cannot be enforced". I meant that the law enforcement has no tools to ensure the law won't be broken on a mass scale. Certainly not as long as we can exchange information in private and perhaps even not if this becomes illegal.