I'd like to restate something I said earlier about downloading (and I want to limit this thread to ONLY this point).
My concern for downloading in America goes beyond my business. What I am concerned about is the erosion of intellectual property, our main stock in trade (as we don't build anything). Being able to disrespect (my opinion) the rights of copyright holders legally is going to set precendent in a number of other industries much more vital to the GDP than the slot machines the music industry is.
Trade secrets traded through non-central networks? Who do you sue? Patents, schematics, product schedules etc..
The case of thinkfast.com (?) recently where Apple sued the site owner and won, for revealing trade secrets. What happens when that info is not on one central source? The legal precedent has been set via music that there is no fault (Of course, unless sanity returns and we get our rightful justice).
Thoughts?
My concern for downloading in America goes beyond my business. What I am concerned about is the erosion of intellectual property, our main stock in trade (as we don't build anything). Being able to disrespect (my opinion) the rights of copyright holders legally is going to set precendent in a number of other industries much more vital to the GDP than the slot machines the music industry is.
Trade secrets traded through non-central networks? Who do you sue? Patents, schematics, product schedules etc..
The case of thinkfast.com (?) recently where Apple sued the site owner and won, for revealing trade secrets. What happens when that info is not on one central source? The legal precedent has been set via music that there is no fault (Of course, unless sanity returns and we get our rightful justice).
Thoughts?
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