Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

The Semantics of File Sharing

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-say-tomato-i-say-cease-and-desist dept.

ethericalzen writes "The LA Times has published an opinion article about the legal semantics and analogies of file sharing. The article includes arguments from those who believe file sharing is theft and those who strongly disagree. As it points out, the common analogies to theft are often incomplete or inaccurate. The author states, "balancing the interests of content creators against the public's ... is a much more complicated task than erecting a legal barrier to five-fingered discounts." He recognizes that it is not a trivial concept, and that the clamoring from both camps about definitions and moral boundaries will dictate how businesses and users function in the future."

2 of 506 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Let me share the contents of your laptop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    How about sharing the contents of your bank account?
    Easily done. Just vote Democratic. That's Socialism folks: what's the State's is the State's, and what's yours is the State's.
    Not unlike a shotgun marriage to a butch bitch with a birch switch.
  2. Minor Correction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The article includes arguments from those who believe file sharing is theft and those who are wrong.

    There, fixed that for you.