10 Feb
2013
10 Feb
'13
4:37 p.m.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:22:29AM -0500, drew Roberts wrote:
You are not stealing anything from the creator. They
had that control before
they showed the work to anyone. Once they put it out in the public realm,
they gave up that ability.
They didn't give up anything, they counted on the law to protect them.
Just as they count on it for not being mugged. Using copyrighted
material simply because you easily can do it, and because *you* think
it doesn't affect the copyright holder at all, isn't any better than
beating up someone because you happen to be stronger, and afterwards
telling it was just for fun.
Ciao,
--
FA
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It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)