{"id":3920,"date":"2005-07-01T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-01T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owenstrachan.wordpress.com\/2005\/07\/01\/file-sharing-is-bad\/"},"modified":"2005-07-01T22:22:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-01T22:22:00","slug":"file-sharing-is-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thoughtlife\/2005\/07\/file-sharing-is-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"File-Sharing is Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Was interested a few days back that the Supreme Court struck down Morpheus, a popular file-sharing program. I\u2019ve been mystified since the days Napster first nipped at the industry\u2019s ankles over the response of conscionable Christians to file-sharing. Many did so with impugnity, often arguing from the viewpoint that since no rules explicitly forbade the practice, it was acceptable. Being an amateur artist myself, I struggled to understand the logic behind this argument. \"\"<\/a>In non-sanctioned transfers, one simply takes what is not theirs for their own possession. I\u2019ve never seen any difference between file-sharing and stealing. I don\u2019t say this with venom or overstuffed indignancy. I\u2019m speaking matter-of-factly: how is unsanctioned file-sharing not stealing? One takes a purchased product, transfers the content to one\u2019s computer, and effectively offers it to all free-of-charge, without any approval. Huh? Excuse me, sir\u2013would you like an appetizer with your moral inconsistency?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve recorded a rap cd. If I were actually a signed artist, hustling to make a living from that cd, I would be stunned if my friends took the product I scraped to produce and freely dispersed it to takers. And yet file-sharers do just this, albeit to people they don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

Now, if only I had a cd people actually wanted <\/em>to copy, I\u2019d be doing well.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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