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In Reply to: When does a better mouse trap turn distasteful carboncopy cloning? posted by Srajan Ebaen (R) on July 8, 2003 at 08:59:14:
Hi Sirajan,As you know, people copy the work of others all the time. Without an absolute standard of right and wrong, people are free to decide for themselves what is right and what is wrong.
We joke about shippers who's actions seem to say that if they can break it, we didn't pack it right. Thus, excluding themselves from any wrongdoing. It's like the thief who says that it's not really burglury because you left your door unlocked. Therefore, it's your fault you got robbed because he found a way in. Yet, when it's our package that gets damaged, or our home that gets robbed, things look a whole lot different.
Personally, I think that the big record companies represented by the RIAA are a bunch of greedy crooks. However, I'm not convinced that those who share downloadable music files are the Robin Hoods they would portray themselves as being. Yet, there seems to be this idea that whatever someone else does (product, service, or whatever), is fair game to copy because I'm Robin Hood, and that makes whatever I do right.
I've been doing what I do for somewhere around 25 years, and feeding myself through it for the last 10 years. I've also done a bit of audio reviewing. I think that too many on all sides of the equation are simply motivated by their own self-interests. It takes character to stand up and say openly that something is clearly a copy of something else and not an original work. One must be willing to suffer the consequences of publicly stating such a position. In this litigous society you better be able to defend your position. I don't mean defent it with truth, but with money. Quite often you're right because you have the money to prove it.
I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I would like very much to see truth and honesty come back in fashion. Right now, it seems that whatever gets me what I want is fine, and however I choose to get it is alright too.
The right thing IS the right thing BECAUSE it's the right thing. The wrong thing IS the wrong thing BECAUSE it's the wrong thing.
Mike
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- Re: When does a better mouse trap turn distasteful carboncopy cloning? - Mike McCall 10:30:17 07/08/03 (0)
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