Originally Posted by
sciencemonster
Again, do some research. The drive to make changes and modifications and extensions started back in the 1970s, right about when Mickey Mouse's copyright was about to expire. I remember fellow 16mm film collectors being busted by the FBI and having all their legally acquired 16mm prints impounded. The 'thefts' that are going on 'now' have nothing to do with it - it's just an excuse to put out some
PR releases. Like I said - try the Tang. It tastes just fine too, it's just different.
A free market adapts and evolves. Some corporations have a business case to change the rules in mid-game. I'm not saying what's right or what's wrong. I'm just saying.
Keyword...RATIONALIZED.
You have an agenda and you are responding to what you want to respond to, not what was written. I never made an argument for moral right and wrong, I made an argument for interests. It's the competition for resources...otherwise known as politics. IP debate goes back hundreds of years and there has always been heated rhettoric over the proper balance of rights. Sure there is another side to the issue...there always is. When it becomes international in scope...we, as a country, loose.
Our interest, as a nation, is in preventing IP infringement on OUR companies. The other side here is Chinese manufacturing, consumers, mostly Chinese, and to a small extent...our consumers. You can make an argument for the benefit to American consumers, but the truth is the loss of tax revenue and employment outweighs that and contributes to trade deficets. Since I'm an American, I'm going to argue for my interests...protecting the IP of American companies. Sure there's another side...it's not the side I'm on. My company does substantial work for Microsoft...which means a healthy and profitable Microsoft benefits me directly with job security and brings tax revenue that benefits me.