Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 31st Aug 2010 22:09 UTC
Despite doing what I think are some great things for the American people, the Obama administration has a dark side. Joe Biden and many others on staff come straight from the RIAA camp, and it shows. Today, the Obama administration disregarded every US law relating to theft and copyright by stating that piracy is "flat, unadulterated theft".
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RE[7]: Yes, it is theft, I fully agree.
by umccullough on Fri 3rd Sep 2010 21:11
in reply to "RE[6]: Yes, it is theft, I fully agree."
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What do you mean by "there was no requirement that they purchase it in the first place"?
What I mean is that a book is not necessary to live life - so nobody is required to buy them in the first place.
There is no guarantee that they would have purchased it anyway, even if they did not get it for free illegally.
Thus, claiming that every copied book is a lost sale is wrong - and equating the creation of an illegal copy as theft is also wrong by derivation. Furthermore, since making a copy does not remove the original item from the store, the store owner hasn't actually lost something as a result.
I realize people are pissed that copyright infringement is rampant, and very likely costing people lost revenue - but you can't outright merge the two concepts together and call them one crime... that's simply not the reality of the situation.
Edited 2010-09-03 21:13 UTC
RE[8]: Yes, it is theft, I fully agree.
by axilmar on Sun 5th Sep 2010 19:10
in reply to "RE[7]: Yes, it is theft, I fully agree."
Member since:2006-03-20
What I mean is that a book is not necessary to live life - so nobody is required to buy them in the first place.
Nothing is necessary to live life, except water and food.
There is no guarantee that they would have purchased it anyway, even if they did not get it for free illegally.
The law does not recognize ifs. Since they got the book, they obviously needed it, so if they were legal they would have purchased it.
Thus, claiming that every copied book is a lost sale is wrong
Bah, the argument is extremely weak. It's only an excuse made up by us the illegal downloaders to justify our actions.
and equating the creation of an illegal copy as theft is also wrong by derivation.
The theft is not the material stolen, it's the lost revenue. That's where the theft is.
Furthermore, since making a copy does not remove the original item from the store, the store owner hasn't actually lost something as a result.
Lost revenue.
I realize people are pissed that copyright infringement is rampant, and very likely costing people lost revenue - but you can't outright merge the two concepts together and call them one crime... that's simply not the reality of the situation.
You don't need to merge the two concepts, since it's one concept in reality: one person removes from another person something of value.
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What if the library charges for renting books? then revenue is certainly lost.
It's still theft: the next time you reference the book, you wouldn't have paid the price to read it.
I am sorry, I don't understand your above quote. What do you mean by "there was no requirement that they purchase it in the first place"? if a library lends books, and charges for them, then borrowing the book and copying it denies the library revenue, which is clearly theft. If a library lends books, but doesn't charge for them, then it means the author and the library has made a deal that suits both, so copying the book is not theft: neither the author or the library expect to make any revenue after this deal anyway.