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

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 11:33:00AM +0100, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> - Tethys wrote:
> >> You appear to be asking "where's the harm in stealing stuff?".
> >>     
> >
> > I hate to sound like RMS here, but copyright infringement != theft,
> > and it muddies the waters to talk about them as if they were the same
> > thing. Personally, I see significant harm in both...
> >
> >   
> 
> I did differentiate in my original post, however, my moral compass 
> doesn't see the difference.
> 
> 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.
> You are playing games and listening to music you have not paid for.

So what do you think about my old Pink Floyd vynils, is it OK if I copy MP3s/CDs/...
since I have bought the original LPs ? I am just making things more convenient for
myself.

The record companies don't like it, but 'morally' am I doing anything wrong ?

> Taking stuff out of shops without paying for it is stealing.  Why should 
> the medium by which stuff is taken magically turn "theft" into 
> "copyright infringement" ?

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