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People really ought to stop and examine this idea that copying information is somehow underneath unethical -- and that the special word 'unethical' can be utter
by hxa7241 14y ago
People really ought to stop and examine this idea that copying information is somehow underneath unethical -- and that the special word 'unethical' can be uttered and that will tell people to behave.
Information is a nonrival good: it is an abundance with respect to access -- how on earth, in any rational conception of morality, can free access to an abundant good be construed as intrinsically immoral?
It is unethical only pragmatically: only in that (it is proposed) the economy will function better with some restrictions on copying -- which is the main purpose of the law. That is: it is unethical no further than it is illegal.
- ryanwaggoner 14y agoAgreed. I have a hobby of collecting different snippets of people's personal info, just for entertainment purposes. Please send me your name, contact info, and banking information. I'd like to have it on file.
- hxa7241 14y agoInformational goods covered by copyright are ones already made public.