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> You are not free to bypass it and gain the thing you weren't willing to pay for without paying. If someone is selling fresh air, the fragrance of a stew, a
by hermannj314 3y ago
> You are not free to bypass it and gain the thing you weren't willing to pay for without paying.
If someone is selling fresh air, the fragrance of a stew, a public performance - I am free to breath, smell, see and listen and I don't have to agree to buy what they don't own.
Independent of what politicians and lawmakers believe, a few humans out here think copying a digital good is like listening to the echoes of a concert you don't have a ticket to attend.
- bumby 3y agoAir isn’t a great analogy because it’s a public good. There are crucial differences between a digital good and “echoes of a concert” that muddles the latter analogy.