A law does not establish if something is really immoral. And until people with dollar signs in their eyes don't have all the sway in making those calls I reserve the right to resist.
Once you send information out into the world. you DONT own it. Real ownership is the ability to exert control over something. Divulged information cannot be controlled by the original source.
So resist by not visiting those sites. Once you say that you are still entitled to the content, you have lost any claim to moral high ground, and are just acting like an entitled child.
"Once you send information out into the world. you DONT own it."
This sounds like someone who believes that if something comes up in a Google image search, it's free game for anyone to use.
Oh I don't feel entitled to it at all. But If I send you a GET request and you will just send it to me now questions asked then I'm going to ask for it. Nice try.
Your variation of the old "if you don't like it why don't you just move" argument is the more childish response.
Besides, enforcing this intellectual property racket is paid for by my tax dollars. Lets call those "contributions" to the
cause my dues.
"This sounds like someone who believes that if something comes up in a Google image search, it's free game for anyone to use."
Exactly. You imply that it is written in stone that ip is a sacred thing. Not everyone agrees.
Once you send information out into the world. you DONT own it. Real ownership is the ability to exert control over something. Divulged information cannot be controlled by the original source.