Re:Book Piracy as Peer Preservation
by deepnet on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @12:13PM
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> but you are not allowed to spend that time you had for viewing it to make a copy of it and show it to some other people that did not pay the original author
I clearly said that making an unlicensed copy and distributing it infringes copyright so we agree.
> You only have the right to view something if someone who created that wants you to view it.
Here we disagree, copyright does not prevent many things like borrowing a friends book or downloading a movie.
Do you have any sources where someone was prosecuted for unlicensed viewing or downloading - this would substantiate your argument.
Uploading and sharing is what copyright prevents, not downloading.
> how is that not a theft?
It is not theft, theft means depriving someone of something actual - copyright infringement is against the law but no-one is charged with theft for it.
Damages are awarded against uploaders but potential income and stolen money are not equivalent.
Copyright is a time limited monopoly, possesion is not - trying to conflate copying with theft does not further the discussion, it only muddies the discourse.
I clearly said that making an unlicensed copy and distributing it infringes copyright so we agree.
> You only have the right to view something if someone who created that wants you to view it.
Here we disagree, copyright does not prevent many things like borrowing a friends book or downloading a movie.
Do you have any sources where someone was prosecuted for unlicensed viewing or downloading - this would substantiate your argument.
Uploading and sharing is what copyright prevents, not downloading.
> how is that not a theft?
It is not theft, theft means depriving someone of something actual - copyright infringement is against the law but no-one is charged with theft for it.
Damages are awarded against uploaders but potential income and stolen money are not equivalent.
Copyright is a time limited monopoly, possesion is not - trying to conflate copying with theft does not further the discussion, it only muddies the discourse.