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**myhackingtosh_ws** · 10-27-2005, 08:26 PM

Isn't that a bit back to front, Sin? If I copy someone's CD, the owner still has their own copy. It's people who steal from shops that leave the owner bereft.

This seems to me to be the heart of the problem - the CD, DVD, etc. business was set up on the assumption that they would be trading in tangible pieces of stuff. Now the world has changed, they're trading collections of 1 and 0s, and the industry (and the law) is struggling to cope.

10-27-2005, 08:26 PM	#5
myhackingtosh_ws Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 493 Senior Member	Isn't that a bit back to front, Sin? If I copy someone's CD, the owner still has their own copy. It's people who steal from shops that leave the owner bereft. This seems to me to be the heart of the problem - the CD, DVD, etc. business was set up on the assumption that they would be trading in tangible pieces of stuff. Now the world has changed, they're trading collections of 1 and 0s, and the industry (and the law) is struggling to cope.
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