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Most people view copyright overall as a just law even if the details are argued about.



You don't know that about "most people". Most people will deliberately pirate content given the chance.


I personally would say it's the bad side of justice - there is no downside to giving away that which is unlimited. It's mostly greed, but greed has utilitarian roots also, because encouraging piracy will discourage innovation.

It's a sad situation really: that the best solution we must adhere to is denying free resources to the masses. Not really human.




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