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Originally Posted by blackmonsters
Yeah, but you ignore the fact that stupid laws have been written before
and later destroyed in court.
This is one of those kinds of laws.
Piracy is like obscenity : "We know it when we see it".
This is the way it will be because the modes of piracy will change with new technology.
Free loop holes for theft will ultimately close since the government needs my tax dollars
and they don't get tax dollars from pirates.
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First, the fair use argument in question isn't a "law;" it is a legal
precedent that informs the court's
interpretation of a law. There's a significant difference between the two.
Second, just because I've said that in some circumstances,
when the facts of a case support it, the fair use of "time-shifting" argument can prevail, that's not the same thing as saying that I believe it applies universally in copyright infringement cases, or can be employed successfully when there are other factors involved, like public display, public performance, or an illicit means of obtaining the copyrighted material in the first place.
I'm as anti-piracy as they come, my friend. I just believe that intellectual honesty is important, so when a person with whom I might disagree on a
subjective issue says something that is
objectively true, I feel compelled to give them credit for the truth of that statement.