Posted by PTravel on 12/08/06 22:46

"Bill" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
news:FbqdnUXB3dErSeTYnZ2dnUVZ_oSinZ2d@golden.net...
> But the whole point is that "stealing" a copy of a song or video is
> precisely NOT like stealing a car. In fact, a car is the thing it is
> least like.
>
> If someone stole your car and you still had your car-- that's what it
> would be like. Especially if you were in the business of selling cars.

And when someone takes your proprietary intellectual property and makes it
available for mass distribution, you are deprived of the value of the
proprietary intellectual property in exactly the same manner as you are
deprived of the value of your stolen car.


>
>
> Christopher Campbell wrote:
>
>> I might find all kinds of arguments about why I am entitled to use your
>> car, or even why it might be a benefit to you for me to use your car. But
>> I suspect that if I took your car without asking you or paying for it,
>> you could still have me arrested. Sure, I might claim "fair use" by only
>> using the car for a little while and while you were not using it but,
>> selfish and unreasonable person that you are, you probably would think I
>> was simply stealing your car. No matter how beneficial to you it might be
>> for me to steal your car, you probably would insist that the decision be
>> left up to you, not to me.

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