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Originally Posted by msxyz
Why software should be treated differently from other intellectual properties is beyond me and, probably, common sense as well.
Nobody would dispute that, if I buy a book, I don't own the rights to the written content. I own the support and I am entitled to use it in any way I deem fitting, includind reselling it when I no longer need it.
The same rights should apply to software.
Yet the industry is trying (and the DRM is part of this effort) to limit our freedoms.
If I no longer have need of a certain software I should be able to pass it to another person of my choice. While I don't own a piece of software in the same way I don't own the songs on a CD or the contents of a book, I DO own the support. Preventing other people of my choice to use it (either for free or after some sort mutual agreement) it's lesive of my rights.
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the answer is quite simple in fact
Because of the digital nature of software
If I make a copy of a software you do own, the original is not lost
It means that anything that is digital can be "Taken" by anyone,
without removing the original which is not possible in the non-digital
world.
If I take your book, you no longer have it.
If I make a copy of something that is digital, not only do I get
an exact copy, but you still own and have your own copy.
This is absolutely fundamental in understanding it.
The copyright law law and trademark law (there is no such thing
as intellectual property for the law. Ony copying rights, licenses
to use and trademarks) has to be adapted because the digital
world is very different of the real world because of this.
In this digital world, you cannot create nor organize rarity
in order to raise and/or control price.