Yes, it is illegal to share copyrighted "intellectual property." But this does not make the law right, or even fair. Just because the law is written a certain way does not make it right. The law as it stands now, is beneficial to only a few people, which is fine. However, it is damaging to many people, which is not good. The lobbyists, backed by the entertainment industry, got the law passed due to the ignorance of the politicians who passed it. It is understandable that the politicians did not, and still do not, understand the wide sweeping consequences of such draconian legislation. These people took advantage of a naive system when they said that sharing is the same as theft, when studies cannot conclusively state whether sharing either hurts or helps sales volumes. Sharing has even been argued to help, as it is a form of free advertising. Many of the people who share, buy the product in the end if they like it.
Also the owners of the intellectual property is usually not the creator of the property as the constitution had originally intended. The owners are the distributors, who may not have stole the property in the legal sense of the word, but may as well have. The distributors are throwing a fit, because they have lost the power. For a long time, the only way an artist could get their product out to the masses, they had to give their legal claim to the property to the distributors. This is why I do not feel an ounce of pity toward the distributors who are the ones who are now calling foul. They get what they deserve in my opinion.
The law should be written that it is legal to share, but illegal to sell the copies.
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Also the owners of the intellectual property is usually not the creator of the property as the constitution had originally intended. The owners are the distributors, who may not have stole the property in the legal sense of the word, but may as well have. The distributors are throwing a fit, because they have lost the power. For a long time, the only way an artist could get their product out to the masses, they had to give their legal claim to the property to the distributors. This is why I do not feel an ounce of pity toward the distributors who are the ones who are now calling foul. They get what they deserve in my opinion.
The law should be written that it is legal to share, but illegal to sell the copies.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=soRDTbkZSM0 See 21 other replies
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