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> On 28/02/07, Deirdre Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I can't think of a workable solution
> > yeah, me neither. so is it ok to say to someone "you can't 
> > have what 
> > you want because even though it's technically possible it is not 
> > ethically possible"? I don't know.
> Please explain why permitting the public to store and 
> redistribute works is not ethical :-)

Hi.  I'm a DVD rental store owner. [1]

You've just paid me £5 to hire my DVD.  Yay!  

You've taken it home, copied it and given it to a mate.  That means they won't 
come to my DVD store [2].  Boo!

:-)


[1] Actually I'm not.  I work for the BBC.
[2] which I don't actually work in


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