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The Crime of Sharing

Posted by michael on from the greed-kills dept.

John Perry Barlow has an editorial piece on recent developments in law and file-sharing networks. Most slashdot readers have read this sort of thing before, but sometimes it's nice to see how different people approach the same sort of persuasive argument, to bolster your own persuasive ability.

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  1. Re:Bah. Weak argument at best. by BlueWonder · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You talk about "stealing" and "theft", when in fact you seem to mean copyright infringement. Please don't confuse these, they're totally unrelated. (I'm not saying that copyright infringement is okay, but it's not theft!)

    Serious question though: How is "theft" defined in U.S. law? Im my country, it only applies if you take something away (sorry, link to German site), which is different from copying something.

  2. Re:Great editorial, but... by Shiny+Metal+S. · · Score: 4, Interesting
    It seems to be a religious debate at this point. Either you support the idea that people should be able to share books, musics and other entertainment or you don't.
    Read The Right to Read. It was first published in February 1997 and was perceived as an exaggeration, but now after five years it starts to sound more like a prophecy.
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    ~shiny
    WILL HACK FOR $$$