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Nothing "ceases to be a crime" automatically. Crimes continue to be crimes, at least in theory, until such time as the law is changed. The law...
If a person finds a deceitful way to get onto train without paying the fare, or to get into a theatre without buying a ticket, that's not theft....
Pink Floyd played their track, recorded it, and issued it for sale on the understanding that the technology available at the time enabled them to...
No. If you recall, I had given two examples of the way copyright came about: printing (after c.1450), and sound recording (after c.1900). Then...
Some straw men here, I see. Pumpkins are physical objects which somebody owns. If you take them away without paying the price to the owner,...
But that 'income' is entirely hypothetical, is it not? It is money which does not exist, has never existed, and might never exist in any event....
"Theft"? Your definition of what constitutes a theft must be different from everybody else's.
I made it clear I was talking about music performances. Printed sheet music is similar to printed written material, as far as copyright issues...
Before 1450, when books were written out by hand, there was no concept of copyright. Anyone could copy out the words of a book, a laborious task,...
I do indeed believe in the principle of paying for goods or services provided by someone, but that principle seems to have nothing to do with the...
I wonder if she thinks Hamlet, Macbeth, and Othello are a dangerous deviation from family values?
Now I am really mystified. You seem to be claiming that paying for music which is equally available free as some kind of "virtue". Why? I've...
But surely when you stream something, it is pretty easy to record what you are streaming, and play it again later (after deleting the bits you...
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If your house burned down and the loss-adjuster found the remains of a burnt-out motorbike in the living room, you might have difficulty...
I actually have one of these, which I also use as a thread gauge. Almost suggested it.
I don't pretend to understand anything about the market for music. Apparently there are a thousand online radio stations playing music of...
I bid nine No Trumps.
You're confusing the maximum sentence permitted by law for an offence with the actual sentence given to a particular offender. Actual sentences...
Have you been reading this thread? You could start with the link helpfully given by Gregotch in post #11. So far, it is not a question of...
