Piracy is wrong

David Wagner daw at mozart.cs.berkeley.edu
Sat Jun 29 19:32:25 PDT 2002


Anonymous  wrote:
>Piracy - unauthorized copying of copyrighted material - is wrong.

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html

>When an artist releases a song or some other creative product to the
>world, they typically put some conditions on it.

Don't overlook the fact that when the government gives an artist a
limited monopoly through copyright, the government retains some rights
(e.g., fair use) to the public, whether the artist likes it or not.





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