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...whereas in an act of civil disobedience you accept the risk that you might get caught or, in some cases, getting caught and prosecuted is the entire point of the act because it a) is a protest and has a chance of publicising your POV that the law needs to be changed and b) gives you legal standing to challenge the law. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>