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> The reality is that the classical concept of copyright, where it is illegal to make a copy of a covered work without authorization from the rightsholder, cann
by gingerjoos 14y ago
> The reality is that the classical concept of copyright, where it is illegal to make a copy of a covered work without authorization from the rightsholder, cannot be enforced in a digital world
The laws of classical physics failed us at the micro scale. We had to come up with new ones to handle the changes in forces at that level. The present state of copyright will have to be supplemented or replaced with new laws to handle the scale at which things happen digitally.