Norway Liberal Party Wants Legal File Sharing

dot-magnon writes "The Liberal Party of Norway (Venstre) passed a unanimous resolution that advocates legal file sharing. The party wants to legalise sharing of any copyrighted material for non-commercial use. It also proposes a ban on DRM technology, free sampling of other artists' material, and shortening the life span of copyright. The Liberal Party is the first Norwegian political party, and the first European mainstream political party, to advocate file sharing. The Liberal Party's youth wing proposed the resolution."

Comments

That's it, I'm in favor of DRM now

[corbettw]

I've been on the fence for some time now about DRM and copyright. There are some good arguments on both sides of the aisle for the issue. But if a Socialist party is coming out against DRM and copyright, then it must be a good idea. Considering that Socialists don't believe in or respect private property rights, and always seem to be in favor of destroying property to further the power of the state, if they're against DRM and copyright then those must be a net boon to society.

Re:What?

[master_p]

So, are you telling us that if you spend 15 hours each day in 5 years of your life writing one of the best novels out there, and it is a worldwide success, you don't care if you are properly compensated?