| If you had the opportunity to vote on legalizing file sharing in your town/state/country, how would you vote? |
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Asked 1 year ago
by davisfreeberg  United States |
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About
I am a technology enthusiast living in the San Francisco bay area. I'm interested in music, movies and the internet.
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I would probably vote yes to making it legal, but there may be some points that I haven't considered that may change my mind.
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[1 point] 1 year ago by deleted user ReplyAs always, it will come down to the specifics of the law.
I'd vote yes, except for commercial purposes.
The question is too simplistic. does that mean ANY kind of file? What if it's legal in the US (this would HAVE to be a federal law, not a state/local one), but not in other countries? Technically, file sharing is NOT illegal anywhere. It's sharing files you don't have the right to own that is illegal. While I think that it's silly to prosecute people who give away files they don't have the right to give away, I think that making it "legal" would sanction it, and make the problem even greater. I don't think it's morally wrong to share an mp3 with a friend, but I do believe that it is wrong to give away stuff to strangers who happen to search for it.
I don't think it's all that simplistic. Look at prop 19 that California is trying to pass. It's basically just as vague. The idea would be that each community could choose how they felt on this law instead of there being an outright ban. As far as what type of files would be allowed . . . this would be kind of irrelevant. Whether it's a photo or a movie, the intellectual property rights are the same. Not sure why this would need to be done on a federal level. I actually think it would have a greater chance of success at the state level where the people could put it on a ballot for a vote vs. waiting for an elected represented to turn down all the cash that the entertainment industry hands out.
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