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Re: Copyright/Fair use question
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 8 Feb 2002 15:13:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
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> > Every copy of a work which is shared without being paid for does
> > increase the cost to those who pay for their copies.
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> How? If I give you a CD that I duped, that you would never in a million years
> have purchased, I don't see how it effects the profits of the music company
> that made the CD that I bought. It just doesn't!
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> Same with books and software and everything.
If he wouldn't have purchased it a million years, then why would he want
you to give a copy to him? If you're giving a copy to him because he wants
it but wouldn't in a million years deign to purchase it, then it's theft.
Same with books and software and everything.
If, for instance, I really like your car but wouldn't in a million years
pay money to buy it from you, does that give me the right to help myself to
your car? Intellectual property rights don't simply apply to the physical
CD itself; they pertain to the material contained thereon. The copy you
give away constitutes theft of that material, just as my taking of your car
would be theft.
I have a friend who really likes the new Blacksmith's Shop but wouldn't in
a million years pay to own it, is it okay for me to photocopy the
instructions and give them to my friend?
Dave!
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) What if it's just a loan (like the library does)? What if I want him to check out this really cool live recording of Pink Floyd at Pompeii -- so I dupe it and give him the copy? My point being that his interest is minimal, but he'll give it a (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Copyright/Fair use question
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| (...) Maybe he's broke. Maybe he likes it enough to check it out, but not enough to procure a copy. Maybe it would be useful, but not useful enough to pay the asking price. Incidentally, I once searched for a way to pay a shareware producer ~$20 (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) How? If I give you a CD that I duped, that you would never in a million years have purchased, I don't see how it effects the profits of the music company that made the CD that I bought. It just doesn't! Same with books and software and (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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