Craig Sanders wrote:
On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 02:47:30AM +1000, Trent W. Buck wrote:
IMO,
1. the length of copy rights are currently far too long; 2. in theory, the appropriate response is to fix the laws; 3. in practice, the world is run by oligarchs so (2) won't ever happen. 4. I guess copyright violation could be considered civil disobedience, but fuck it, I'll just reread Alice in Wonderland instead of ASOIAF.
true, i agree with all of that....and civil disobedience is one of the major reasons why people indulge in copyright infringement that i somehow completely forgot to mention.
but civil disobedience is not the same thing as having a right to pirate. assuming you have such a right when you don't can land you in legal hot water...
Ah, sorry. I thought you were talking about *moral* rights, not legal rights.