I think this is a very important conversation for us to be having and I don't claim to have anywhere near all of the answers.
However, I do think that your first sentence kind of dodges the question here. The rest of this comment thread was discussing what rights people should have, not what rights they do have.
If we approach this from a legal viewpoint the conversation is over before it starts: Piracy's illegal, you don't have a right to content. You don't have a right to food.
However, when we start looking at it from a moral perspective things are much more open ended: Should we have a right to content? Should we have a right to food?
I think these are more interesting questions and that falling back on the rule of law kind of kills the discussion.
I guess at the end of the day I don't know the best way to handle copyright, but I do know we should have a conversation about it, and that we should come at it from a morality perspective.
However, I do think that your first sentence kind of dodges the question here. The rest of this comment thread was discussing what rights people should have, not what rights they do have.
If we approach this from a legal viewpoint the conversation is over before it starts: Piracy's illegal, you don't have a right to content. You don't have a right to food.
However, when we start looking at it from a moral perspective things are much more open ended: Should we have a right to content? Should we have a right to food?
I think these are more interesting questions and that falling back on the rule of law kind of kills the discussion.
I guess at the end of the day I don't know the best way to handle copyright, but I do know we should have a conversation about it, and that we should come at it from a morality perspective.