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

[John G Walker]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:59:31 +0100 "- Tethys" <tethys at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/25/07, Richard Jones <rich at annexia.org> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Question: did I do anything immoral?  
> 
> In a world where such physical copying was possible and cheap, the
> question wouldn't arise in the first place.

So why does it arise when virtual copying is possible and cheap? Only
because people want virtual objects to behave like physical ones, an
ultimately futile task,

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 All the best,
 John
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