The reason I started this was in support of copyright-holder control of duplication of the copyrighted work. I know that current copyright law has problems, and industry practices are not necessarily fair. But that doesn't mean the consumer has a right to make and distribute copies of music albums, text books, or paintings w/o permission of the (c) holder. Do you think the Pyrates Royal would be happy if I started handing out homemade copies of their CDs at RenFest? Not just a couple, but hundreds of them. And how would that be different from distributing their work on the web?
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Date: 2003-07-23 02:41 pm (UTC)The reason I started this was in support of copyright-holder control of duplication of the copyrighted work. I know that current copyright law has problems, and industry practices are not necessarily fair. But that doesn't mean the consumer has a right to make and distribute copies of music albums, text books, or paintings w/o permission of the (c) holder. Do you think the Pyrates Royal would be happy if I started handing out homemade copies of their CDs at RenFest? Not just a couple, but hundreds of them. And how would that be different from distributing their work on the web?