[Gllug] Uh oh, ministers consider "anti file-sharing laws"

[John G Walker]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:33:00 +0100 "Martin A. Brooks"
<martin at hinterlands.org> wrote:

> Downloading a cracked game from the Internet deprives the software
> house of income.
> Downloading an MP3 from the Internet, rather than buying via iTunes,
> or whatever, deprives the publisher of income.

Only if they adopt a rather silly business model which applies to very
different circumstances.

> You are playing games and listening to music you have not paid for.

This is not what theft is. Theft involves doing this and, in the
process, depriving others of the games and music. Most people understand
this, intuitively, which is why they don't see anything wrong in doing
it,

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 All the best,
 John
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