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We get out pitchforks when Disney violates copyrights because Disney is at the forefront of the copyright expansion effort. The fact that Disney wants us to re
by betterunix 14y ago
We get out pitchforks when Disney violates copyrights because Disney is at the forefront of the copyright expansion effort. The fact that Disney wants us to retool our computers and the Internet to protect their business, while simultaneously playing fast and loose with other people's copyrights, is what makes people angry.
- mrcharles 14y agoIn theory, yes. But people will still be unreasonably angry if they say "go ahead and copy" and then a big corporation copies it and makes millions of dollars and you are entitled to nothing. Honestly, I fail to see what this adds over a well chosen creative commons attribution.
- fossuser 14y agoI think most people are not in favor of commercial infringement - it's the non-profit file sharing that most of the argument is over.
- betterunix 14y agoI am not sure that is really true. I have not met many people who are angry about bootleg DVD sales; most seem to dismiss them as being of low quality, or just get annoyed when the person trying to sell them does not take "no" for an answer.
- youngerdryas 14y agoThere is no argument over non-profit file sharing as it is already unenforceable. If you profit from other people's work you will be smacked down, rightly so. It is not that complicated. Anything you want (digital) can be gotten for free if your time has no value so it comes down to being lazy/cheap.