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when China decided to wholesale ignore Western copyright in the digital age, completely.. the equation changed IMHO.
by mistrial9 2y ago
when China decided to wholesale ignore Western copyright in the digital age, completely.. the equation changed IMHO.
- WillAdams 2y agoYes, but dealing with that politically would be made easier by having the moral high ground.
- mannyv 2y agoNot really, because it depends on the basis of morality. In fact, this 'morality' problem is shown in the existence of libraries in the US. Is a book a collective good? Or property? In the US the answer is 'both' in an awkward way. But the US does know that having books behind a paywall is not in society's best interest. And in reality 99% of the books will never be read, which makes their 'value' as property suspect.
- WillAdams 2y agoIf so few books are to be read, then why is it so difficult to pay for those which are?