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That may well be, but some posters have been tossing around words like "theft" with gay abandon. Those actions which are criminal offences under...
When somebody starts talking to you by saying "Did You Know..." it means they are a crashing bore. Well that's what I have found.
I consume music to the same extent that I consume wallpaper. Theft crucially involves permanently depriving an owner of their property. Fraud...
Every musician, singer, dancer, and actor throughout human history up to about 1900 has earned their living from live performance alone. There...
No, that is not my view. I have never said anything remotely like that. Ethics do not derive from nations' laws. Consideration of what is and...
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Indeed. The law is often years or decades behind the real world. It is almost unheard of for the law to be ahead of society (a famous exception...
If I set up a business trying to sell something which the customers did not want or need to buy, I would go broke and I would regret it. I might...
Lots of entrepreneurs put a lot of time, effort and money into setting up a business of some sort. Some make money, others go broke. Their...
Feel free to donate money to musicians, charities, suppliers of free stuff, or anyone you like. If it makes you feel good, fine. Just don't...
No. That is not what I said, and it is not what I meant, as you well know. Nice wind-up though.
Why am I talking about earlier centuries? Because the concept of copyright is not some permanent and immutable ethical principle; it is a...
And I have already explained to you that technological change has made the principle you describe entirely hypothetical. The legal situation is...
The pumpkin (Glidd's neighbour's pumpkin) exists, has a value, and is the property of its owner. The owner hopes to sell it to some customer in...
So you choose to ignore completely all the points I have made, and wander off on a tangent. You put up straw-man arguments which have already...
Not necessarily. There is the possibility of camless engines, with valves opened and closed positively by electrical, pneumatic or hydraulic means...
Perhaps it's the users who should be certified.
You really haven't been following this, have you?
If you happen to find a wallet full of money lying in the street, it belongs to somebody who no doubt wants it back. Honest people are supposed...
