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Originally Posted by L-Pink
(like downloading a tv show you paid for but misplaced/missed)
So if I lose a hammer I can walk into a hardware store and pick up another for free. Extreme example but the same net effect. A consumer should be responsible for his purchase. Storage drives are so cheap now that no back ups should mean tough shit. Copyrights shouldn't be restricted because of careless consumers.
As for the people currently making their living off fair use "Times change, adapt!" Isn't that what copyright holders are being told. Technology has changed how copyrighted products can be illegally distributed. Fair use users must understand they are the users of someone else's product and share in policing their respected industries.
Return on investment is the first rule in business. Period. If there isn't future return there's no future product. The fact that the money is being sucked out of the US economy increasing our deficit hurts us all.
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your example is bogus because the copyright act grants you your exclusive rights conditionally on you respecting fair use.
What the WTO is doing to US is an exact parallel to your arguement
you demanding the protection of copyright (US demanding Berne convention protection) without fulfilling your fair use responsibilites (US not honoring the decision of the WTO regarding gambling).
The law that give you the protection you are asking for DEMANDS you respect fair use. You have to remember that when i make a copy of a show I HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR, i am not denying you any income you are ENTITLED TO, but in your hammer example the product is gone and unavailable for sale.
copyright law was designed to grant protection to the licience of use of content. You don't buy the content you are given the content for free and you BUY a licience to use. Re aquiring the content to fullfill your licience to use is legal. And you have a legal obligation to honor those rights for your your copyright to be valid.