I think because it rings true, if crudely put. It seems to me that the anti-copyright movement gained a lot of steam around the time that it became practical to make and distribute exact duplicates of musical recordings on a huge scale without compensating the creators of the work.
The original post was about sharing knowledge, and it turned into a discussion primarily about sharing art. Clearly, knowledge and art are different things, but it seems that many people are more passionate about the latter, and would very much like to have unlimited amounts of it without paying anybody for their efforts. Great deal for everybody except those that make the stuff.
Obviously, this description doesn't apply to everybody.
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I think because it rings true, if crudely put. It seems to me that the anti-copyright movement gained a lot of steam around the time that it became practical to make and distribute exact duplicates of musical recordings on a huge scale without compensating the creators of the work. The original post was about sharing knowledge, and it turned into a discussion primarily about sharing art. Clearly, knowledge and art are different things, but it seems that many people are more passionate about the latter, and would very much like to have unlimited amounts of it without paying anybody for their efforts. Great deal for everybody except those that make the stuff. Obviously, this description doesn't apply to everybody.