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Elbonia | reply to BF69
Re: How to interpret MPAA / RIAA "piracy" numbers I'm not saying "piracy is OK". I'm saying "MPAA/RIAA 'losses' numbers are bogus". The economic effect is small compared to what the propaganda claims.
The merits of copyright infringement is a different topic. But if we're going to talk about "stealing", is the thief the one who disregards an artificial monopoly, or the one who robs the public domain by creating a monopoly?
Well maybe there should be a balance. We could start by following the U.S. Constitution, which allows "exclusive rights" only for "authors" and "inventors", not for exploitive middle-men like record companies. |
