Post #8666 by Dr. Bombay on Wed, Sep 18, 2002 7:08 PM

sean i don’t understand your concept of "copying it for free is okay, but selling it is not"

copying is copying. if you’ve decided you’re going to break copyright laws, then what does it matter if you charge for it or not? or even if there’s no copyright, why does it matter if it’s free or not? it seems like a arbitrary decision

perhaps one might sleep better at night knowing that they didn’t profit off of a copy they gave to a friend, but the repercussions to the copyright holder are exactly the same whether you copied for free or charged money. in fact one could argue that giving them away for free devalues the original more than a charging for copies.

just a thought