On Saturday, February 20, 2016 3:10 AM, Fabio Pesari <fabiop@gnu.org> wrote:
Then there's all those people who listen to nearly all music ever
released "for free" on Youtube and think we live in some kind of
post-copyright world. We don't, and in fact except for videos uploaded
by the labels themselves they are violating copyright, but thanks to the
DMCA this hypocrisy can continue to live on and Google at any point in
the future could report those people for having violated copyright laws.
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Really? Let them try!
It reminds of the "cat-and-mouse" game played by the software companies and the "pirates" in the 80's, over copyright protection schemes..
My position is a combination of an Anarchist view that Irrational Laws should be ignored whenever possible, and "The Law of Large Numbers" that protects us from "The Law" singling us out.
BTW, I wouldn't call it "Hypocrisy" - sounds too "self-righteous," almost "evangelical!" ROFLMAO