Dave Crossland wrote:
Hi David!
On 12/06/07, David Greaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If however you say "making a copy of this DVD for your own use (eg in
case of
damage) is OK but it is wrong to give it away or sell it. Please don't
do that."
Then you are actually treating the consumer as a reasonable person.
No, you're attacking their civic spirit and the nature of friendship,
and that's not cool. No one self-respecting is going to agree to
betray their friends and neighbours like that.
So you're saying that _not_ filesharing is betraying friends and neighbours?
Because it's morally correct to share something that is not diminished by
sharing?
So where is the balance? Or do you believe that the content creator (and as
Michael pointed out, colleagues) doesn't deserve recompense?
The 'rules' of our society include exchanging money for products and services.
In the media area we used to buy physical records and tapes, now I like to think
we buy a right to listen/watch for us and our family.
As a rabid anti-DRM person I do not object to paying to listen/watch - it costs
money to create this stuff and I expect to contribute.
I do however object to having to pay Microsoft/Apple/Sony to listen/watch. I
also object to not being able to listen/watch on my home-made gizmo. I want to
listen/watch my media in my car; I want to innovate and listen/watch in my bath...
And I object to having to pay for each of these things. I object to paying for a
new copy because my old player died.
For *THE VAST MAJORITY OF LAW ABIDING PEOPLE*, which is more likely to
work?
Neither. Talk to teenagers - file sharing is here to stay.
By saying "law abiding," you're invoking the law as an authority on
ethics, which is ill-conceived. The law is, at best, at attempt to
achieve justice. Often, if doesn't: law abiding people moved to the
back of the bus.
You're right, try:
>> For *THE VAST MAJORITY OF MORALLY SOUND PEOPLE*, which is more likely to
>> work?
If your argument is that we raise morally bankrupt children then so be it.
Teenagers however, are not the vast majority of people.
David
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