Kevin Littlejohn wrote:
> One of the more perceptive things I saw somewhere was the
> comment that...people do not want to be criminals. Give
> people a fair deal, and they'll take it in preference to ripping
> people off.
Another few interesting points I've seen are:
1. Stealing really means depriving someone of something, as in stealing
their car. Lobbyists have successfully convinced journalists to use this
same strong criminal word for something quite different, being the
unauthorised use of something.
> For the number of people breaking copyright laws to be so high,
> I'd have to say it's an indication that something's wrong
> with the law, not with people.
2. If copyright owners succeed in their quest to gain rigid social control
of use of various products, then existing barriers to exorbitant pricing
will be removed. So if 100,000 students absolutely *need* certain textbooks,
and physically can't copy parts they need, or read them in libraries, then
the copyright corporations would be free to charge whatever the students
(and their parents) think a good education is worth. There goes the overseas
holiday.
Regards, Tony Healy
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