(June 22, 2009 at 4:14 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote:(June 21, 2009 at 5:15 pm)Meatball Wrote: I have no qualms with downloading copywritten material, such as movies and music.
So you don't believe that the author of any piece of software, writing, music or art has any rights over their own work?
Kyu
Not that you asked me,but I'll answer anyway
Me? NO. I reject the notion of intellectual property rights. A cynic might say that's because I don't have any and because holding such a position means I can condone internet piracy (which I do).The cynic is almost certainly right in part.
My position is also to me the logical extension of my rejection of innate rights of any kind. "Copyright" is a legal invention, not a '"right".It works only when the sanctions against it can be enforced.This view is I think graphically illustrated by the extent internet users ignore copyright and intellectual property laws.
I have not addressed the painting question,as I think it's a red herring.
