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It's pithy, and I certainly wish more things were sold instead of licensed, but by this logic anything in a museum is also free for the taking.
by cobbal 3y ago
It's pithy, and I certainly wish more things were sold instead of licensed, but by this logic anything in a museum is also free for the taking.
- otabdeveloper4 3y agoNo. Copyright infringement is not legally theft.
- cherryteastain 3y agoCorrect, penalties for copyright infringement are far more draconian than theft.
- stepbeek 3y agoBut a museum doesn’t ask you to “buy” an exhibit… The misleading aspect of digital “ownership “ is in the use of the word buy.
- breakfastduck 3y agoA museum isn't offering a purchase. Also, this is the same old false equivalence - taking a copy of something is NOT the same as taking the original, where only one instance of an item can exist and taking it deprives the original owner of their possessional.
- suoduandao3 3y agoIf the Museum originally got it from someone who stole it from somewhere else, there's a reasonable argument to be made. James Acaster's comedy bit on the british museum comes to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x73PkUvArJY&pp=ygUcamFtZXMgYWNhc3RlciBicml0aXNoIG11c2V1bQ%3D%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x73PkUvArJY&pp=ygUcamFtZXMgY...