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Old 01-26-2012, 06:11 PM  
epitome
So Fucking Lame
 
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Originally Posted by gideongallery View Post
Care to name one other industry in the world that "needs" to control how people use the content they paid for.

No one would accept the bullshit argument that you need to get GM permission /pay them fees to use the car they made to drive your friends around (sharing your car with them).


Your control over your "content" may be greater than any other industry but it was never intended to be absolute, fair use is a legitimate limit you authorized when you claimed your monopoly power.
Your argument makes zero sense.

You can buy or lease a car. There are two models. If you lease, you follow their rules. If you buy, you make your own. They make the product and decide on the ways they will sell it to you.

Content owners have the same rights. If you are a porn company and buy content, you can buy it from the producer outright and own all rights, or they can assign you certain rights.

When you buy a Hollywood movie, or any other content, you are buying it and agree to the rights.

Unless someone signs over their copyright to you, you play by the established rules.
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