Article on File-sharing v. File-stealing
Feb. 22nd, 2008 09:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksHere
is an interesting article on "file-sharing" versus "file-stealing,"
commenting on the debate of whether or not unauthorized downloading is "just
like" theft. The *AAs and similar want to make that claim for a number of
reasons but, as noted in the article, there's a big difference between
stealing a TV and downloading a file: if a TV is stolen, you don't have it
anymore, but if someone copies your file you've still got it.
The Mike Masnik from Techdirt who they mention early on is the guy who I've
drawn a
lot of my theory on Copyright and related bits from.
is an interesting article on "file-sharing" versus "file-stealing,"
commenting on the debate of whether or not unauthorized downloading is "just
like" theft. The *AAs and similar want to make that claim for a number of
reasons but, as noted in the article, there's a big difference between
stealing a TV and downloading a file: if a TV is stolen, you don't have it
anymore, but if someone copies your file you've still got it.
The Mike Masnik from Techdirt who they mention early on is the guy who I've
drawn a
lot of my theory on Copyright and related bits from.
