Okay, I feel like playing the devil's advocate here, and I'd argue that
what your point misses is that information is not "property" in the
traditional sense of a car or house... Some people would argue that it
is in the nature of information that it will spread despite whatever
legislative limits are put on it. It is also in the public interest
that information be readily available, which is why we have libraries.
In the US, (according to the constitution) copyright law is supposed to
exist to balance the rights of the individual producer with the rights
of society to progress and benefit from the intellectual property. If
information becomes completely unavailable, then society no longer is
able to benefit from it. It is one thing if a work is unpublished, but
something else if it is simply out of print.
If a record is not in print, and a friend of mine has it, I have no
problem with recording a copy, even if it is illegal. I'm not much of a
capitalist though.
~David
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This is consumerism gone mad!
Just because someone has an item you want doesn't mean that you have
the automatic right to buy it. They might not want to sell it, and
since it's their property it's entirely up to them. That doesn't
justify a bootlegger stealing it from them.
I'm going to sound like a proper old git now, but people these days
seem to forget that you can't have everything. Some things in life
just aren't available, and that's simply too bad, get over it!
Alex Bond: "you're taking the beans off carl craigs kids toast innit."
Ok, now I'm offended! I buy almost every bloody record that Carl
Craig produces so my money is definitely going into his pockets!!!
But if someone bootlegs the Virtual Sex lp it's because no one else
thought of it before. Come on people!!! These guys from Detroit and
everyone who's connected have so many good records that are sold for
loads of cash on eBay. Why don't they repress it themselfs? Why wait
'till someone else does it and be angry about it.
You know people want these records!!! Make sure people can buy them!
It's simple economy!
It's the same discussion as with downloading music. People have a
need, act upon it. And make sure someone else doesn't outsmart you.
