On Wednesday 25 May 2005 14:45, Imri Zvik wrote:
> When people start choosing what laws to obey and what not, it is the
> fastest way to chaos.
The only valid laws are the prevention of initiatory force, threat of force,
or fraud against one's self or property (not the so-called "intellectual
property"). All other laws: against drug abuse, against prostitution, against
gambling, against insider's information, against monopolies etc. etc. are
irrelevant and unethical.
Violating a law that says that one should not share his music over the
Internet, will not cause any chaos. People do it all the time, and still food
is in supply, stores are open, water is flowing in the pipes, there's supply
of electricity, and the Internet is available for commerce and recreation.
You should get a reality check.
> The fact is that you still break the laws of the
> sovereign, democratic entity you're part of, and that would make you an
> outlaw, a criminal.
If I lived in Nazi Germany and hidden a Jew in my house, (which was against
the law) would that make me a criminal? (please don't invoke Godwin's law
here)
Laws that are unethical, need not be followed.
> And about the economic system - didn't you ever hear about the term "The
> Domino Effect"? Music for example pays salaries of numerous of people,
> allowing them to be able to buy other products and services, and by that
> help other people receive a paycheck. Producing and trading copyrighted
> materiel is still producing and trading, which is, as you stated, are
> the foundation stones of our economic system. Saying that the fact you
> can't smell/touch it makes it ok, is so... uhmm, idiotic? As far as I
> know, you're not an ostrich, so don't burry your head in the sand.
>
Domino effect.. hmmm... according to this logic, if we lower the income tax,
then firing a great deal of government bureaucrats will also cause the
economy to collapse. ;-)
If people download music instead of buying it, then the public as a whole will
be more prosperous, and will spend this money or invest on better things.
While we may kill the music industry (highly unlikely, but still) the other
industries will be much better off. During the course of human history entire
industries were superceded by other ones, and yet we still live to tell the
tale, and we are better and more prosperous and more advanced than ever.
Again, you're misapplying concepts.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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