By this logic, it is okay to pirate all software, music, and videos. It is okay to pirate ebooks and books that you convert to electronic form. There is no such thing as ownership of access to something, only earning money as a result.
If this opinion was law, how many software companies would go out of business? How many bands and authors would take it easy and do it only for the love of music?
I'm all for more sensible pricing and expanded fair use, but your extreme view is simply impractical. Money is the great motivator, and you can't take that away and hope to have anywhere near the same level of output, in quantity or quality.
P-Sz
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Slashdotted. Do you have a better link for that program?
By this logic, it is okay to pirate all software, music, and videos. It is okay to pirate ebooks and books that you convert to electronic form. There is no such thing as ownership of access to something, only earning money as a result. If this opinion was law, how many software companies would go out of business? How many bands and authors would take it easy and do it only for the love of music? I'm all for more sensible pricing and expanded fair use, but your extreme view is simply impractical. Money is the great motivator, and you can't take that away and hope to have anywhere near the same level of output, in quantity or quality. P-Sz