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

[Richard Jones]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 11:55:04AM +0100, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> John G Walker wrote:
> > This is not what theft is. Theft involves doing this and, in the
> > process, depriving others of the games and music. 
> 
> Which is what happens.  The publishers don't get money and therefore 
> can't buy games and music.  Or pay salaries.

Their business model requires artificial scarcity.  In reality there
is no such thing.  Allow them to quietly go out of business so that
new business models which deal with reality can take over.

It may surprise you to know that people created art before there was
copyright.

Rich.

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Richard Jones
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