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

[Richard Jones]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 11:18:15AM +0100, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> Richard Jones wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 09:54:39AM +0100, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> >   
> >> Where to begin when you have a zillion home users who don't see the harm 
> >> in mass copyright infringement and software theft?
> >>     
> >
> > Is there any harm?
> 
> You appear to be asking "where's the harm in stealing stuff?".  

Thought experiment:

I'm walking along the road one day when I see a rather elegant vase
just sitting by the side of the road.  No one else is around, no one
seems to own this beautiful vase.

Luckily today I thought to bring along my matter copying machine, so
quick as a flash I take a physical copy of the vase.  Actually I make
two copies because perhaps another passer-by would like a copy of the
vase too.

I leave the original vase and the copy by the side of the road just
where I found them, and take my copy with me.  Now I have the
beautiful vase as the centrepiece of my dinner table.

Question: did I do anything immoral?

Rich.

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Richard Jones
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