Copyright's are what protect the authors and creators and other forms of illustration against stealing they're work. This I agree with, of course! However, I'm referring to the financial topic of copyright.
If you own a company, say a pizza place, even if you have a legal copy of a music CD you aren't allowed to play it "commercially", AKA to your customers. And if you own the legal copy, you legally aren't allow to copy it to your computer or to a portable MP3 device. However, when you buy CDs, DVDs, iPods, MP3s and many other products, some of the money from the purchase actually goes towards movie and music companies? I personally think that is unacceptable.
But then you really have to think about the money that they lose over file sharing. I'm sure all of you have more illegally downloaded movies on your PCs right now then you have ever owned legally. I can understand they're point in trying to stop this, and consider that if it keeps up, these companies wont bother making movies for people like us if they start losing more money then they're making (more people who become computer literate = more downloaders = less buyers. The numbers increase every day). However, the sad point is I don't expect any of you to stop, hell - I sure won't.
Considering these facts, I believe that there can be a middle ground. Of course I think you should be able to transfer music to multiple devices for your own personal use, but I also believe that if you own a legal copy, you should be able to share it (especially for free), between your friends. ThePirateBay and other sites like it have been a blessing is disguise, but consider: What do you think your life would of been like without it?
What's your opinion on commercial copyright?
If you own a company, say a pizza place, even if you have a legal copy of a music CD you aren't allowed to play it "commercially", AKA to your customers. And if you own the legal copy, you legally aren't allow to copy it to your computer or to a portable MP3 device. However, when you buy CDs, DVDs, iPods, MP3s and many other products, some of the money from the purchase actually goes towards movie and music companies? I personally think that is unacceptable.
But then you really have to think about the money that they lose over file sharing. I'm sure all of you have more illegally downloaded movies on your PCs right now then you have ever owned legally. I can understand they're point in trying to stop this, and consider that if it keeps up, these companies wont bother making movies for people like us if they start losing more money then they're making (more people who become computer literate = more downloaders = less buyers. The numbers increase every day). However, the sad point is I don't expect any of you to stop, hell - I sure won't.
Considering these facts, I believe that there can be a middle ground. Of course I think you should be able to transfer music to multiple devices for your own personal use, but I also believe that if you own a legal copy, you should be able to share it (especially for free), between your friends. ThePirateBay and other sites like it have been a blessing is disguise, but consider: What do you think your life would of been like without it?
What's your opinion on commercial copyright?