"...and you see that as the general state of the situation today?"
No. But you asked what I would do. I answered truthfully, and explained a bit.
Your comments contain several suggestions that copyright laws are based on the current surveys of likely harm. They are not, and in fact the concept of copyright goes back well over a century.
Loyal customers are not harmed, that I can see. Products are often offered on a try-before you buy basis, and in fact that's what I did. Money-back guarantees are also quite common -- although piracy has reduced this and may eliminate it for music and software -- punishing the loyal customers, it seems to me.
But I think the essential question is simple: Do you think that it is acceptable to distribute copyrighted creative work to others?
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Date: 2002-07-07 02:04 pm (UTC)No. But you asked what I would do. I answered truthfully, and explained a bit.
Your comments contain several suggestions that copyright laws are based on the current surveys of likely harm. They are not, and in fact the concept of copyright goes back well over a century.
Loyal customers are not harmed, that I can see. Products are often offered on a try-before you buy basis, and in fact that's what I did. Money-back guarantees are also quite common -- although piracy has reduced this and may eliminate it for music and software -- punishing the loyal customers, it seems to me.
But I think the essential question is simple: Do you think that it is acceptable to distribute copyrighted creative work to others?
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