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That logic is completely false

Google is a big public corporation, yes. That does not entitle it to ANY extra privileges (morally or legally) compared to a small business or a single person.

Google provides a for-profit company, what they do has made the owners BILLIONAIRES. 99.9999% of the content that Google links to is COPYRIGHTED. The only exceptions to this are ancient texts (like the Bible) where the copyright has expired and some government publications that are considered public property.

There is exactly ONE difference between Google and the MP3 site: Google does not knowingly link to copyrighted material where the copyright owner does NOT want the copyrighted material to be accessible via that link.

The physical analogy is quite simple: I know of an unlocked door that leads into a shop. I don't own the shop, or any of the goods in the shop. Generally, this information is "free", in that there is no government restriction that makes knowing this information a crime, or telling it to someone else a crime. But if I knowingly use this information to help someone else commit a crime, then I become culpable, at least morally if not legally.

I don't condone piracy as a method of correcting the injustices of the copyright system and the media cartels. I do think that it *is* unjust, but there is a better way to deal with the problem: fire the corrupt politicians who created the injustice.

Posted by: terry flores   Posted on: 12/19/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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