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Originally Posted by gideongallery
an exclusive right to make copies of something is not a property right
Copyright takes away normal property rights that would normally exist for something (content) and replaces them with licences
If i buy a chair i don't have to ask the chair manufacture for permission to use that chair in any way i want.
I could even use it as a model to design a replacement chair.
Copyright takes those normal property rights away and replaces it with a permission based system.
so you are the one who is actually arguing against property rights when you argue for copyright.
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I actually agree with some of what you say. Believe it or not I'm kind of one of those old school intenet hippies who believes "Information wants to be free". But where I draw the line is when someone else is profiting from it. It's one thing for a person to use a chair they bought however they wish or for a surfer who paid for a porn membership to rip the site for their own personal enjoyment but it's another for the industry scumbags to make millions from the theft of other's content. The latter is many times worse.
For the most part these people you are defending aren't "internet hippies" who think "Information wants to be free". They are big time corporate scumbags making millions a year who are pushing small businesses consisting of ordinary people out by directly profiting from their hard work being stolen. That's all it really is. If you took away their profit do you think Manwin would still be keeping their sites up? Of course not. They are in it for the money not to make information free or some other noble quest. These people aren't heroes fighting for the "little people". Quite the contrary. They are huge major corporations now pushing independent operators out by making their hard work worth pennies on the dollar. They are basically profiting from theft and they aren't Robin Hoods as you seem to imply at times.