[linux-audio-user] so.... u wish to hear something completely horrible

[Rob]

On Wed August 16 2006 14:30, Lee Revell wrote:
> Well, I happen to think the law is correct and logical in this
> case.  My creations are my property, and I should have the
> same right to make a living by selling them as a sculptor or a
> baker or a carpenter does. Copying my creations without my
> permission denies me the right to make a living by selling my
> creations, in exactly the same way that theft deprives a maker
> of physical objects of that right.

It's true that copyright holders managed to get the laws changed 
in most places to fit what they would like reality to be, but 
reality remains unchanged.  Copying is still just copying, not 
moving.  

Most people grasp that intuitively, which is why there's always 
such a huge divide between the legal and ethical arguments on 
this topic. Then there's credit vs. remuneration and whether one 
should be entitled to make a living at whatever livelihood one 
chooses and a whole slew of other issues that can be used to 
confuse the issue, and usually are.

But when someone uses the "you'd copy a song but would you steal 
a car?" argument to invoke an emotional response, I'll always 
correct him.  We all have our pet peeves and that's one of mine.

Rob