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Originally posted by KnifeMissle
Consider this. Why was there ever an expiry date on copyright?
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Arguing that copyright terms are too long doesn't justify the abolishment of copyright. The technology exists to make perfect digital copies of any released movie or DVD immediately after the copyright owner makes the product available. Are you honestly saying that you think it's perfectly ok for anyone that wishes to should be able to buy the current release from, say, Bruce Springsteen, make perfect digital copies, and make them available freely for download? You really think that this should be legal, and that it is morally ok, and that it is fair to Bruce Springsteen and his contractually bound agents and distributors?
If so, we're so far apart on our interpretation of what the law should be that I don't know that we can even have a discussion about it.