Poetry Collection

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 If I, having watched a DVD, handed it to a friend to watch, would I be
 committing piracy? Only if I sold it to him.
 
 The material being transferred is that of the copyright holder - they hold the
 sole and monopolized right to sell their copy of the work.
 
 But if I, having created my own recording of the same digital media DVD but
 spoken in my own voice, tried to sell it, should it be considered legal?
 
 My mind goes to the production of after-school plays that high-school children
 will perform. The scripts that they use are licensed for a single purpose - the
 performance of a single play, performed a single time (or a few times over the
 course of a couple weeks). The owner of the play cannot require them to not
 perform the play more than a certain amount of time, it is however honorable to
 buy the scripts again if they want to perform it in 5 years time. I know for a
 fact there is rampant piracy that goes on for the beautiful works that are
 created by assholes or stingy companies. A script is just words.
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 Similarly, if someone wants to "perform" a piece of digital media, via a "let's
 play" or perhaps a ROM hack or public screening, the copyright holder cannot be
 allowed to prevent them from doing so. They must only be able to demand a
 reasonable and non-exclusive fee in return for the privilege of performance.
 
 These performances are considered derivative works, but they are still works on
 their own, and therefore should be able to be sold.
 
 The greater the difference between the original and the newly created work, the
 less the price must reflect the necessary "tax" levied by the original owner,
 until eventually the work is so distinct that it cannot be considered to be
 deriving from the original at all.
 
 Consider a mod for a video game that replaces the dragons you typically fight
 with giant cartoonish train engines. A silly sight to be sure, but people do
 that. What percentage of the game is replaced? what percentage tax of the new
 mod's price must be given to the original copyright holder?
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 ... the trick is, depending on how many train-engine-dragons you fight, there
 will be a greater or lesser proportion present in a particular playthrough.
 Perhaps, potentially, people should pay for the original work, and then a small
 sliver for the addition or modification? Why, I do believe that's how it works
 now! Except, on the honor system, as people can download the mods for free and
 pay (or not) through the creator's patreon page or whatever that they
 definitely set up and which definitely shouldn't be able to levy a tax based on
 "transaction fees" for a process which definitely should be handled by the
 government, which claims to regulate our economy and provide the means by which
 we engage with said economy through their de-facto nationalization of the banks
 and other economic entities.
 
 where was I going with this? oh yes software piracy is ethical so long as you
 delete the original. Let's end with that because that's what I originally had a
 dream about and wanted to write about.
 
 she dreams!
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 chat why do I only feel complete with a shortsword in my hand??
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 I have too many packages.

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 @user-95 
 
 like, trading cash for drugs in front of a police station? I couldn't agree
 more!
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 @user-579 
 
 I think I remember reading once that you can opt-in to encryption with
 Telegram? But it's kinda pointless unless both parties do so. My understanding
 is that everyone should be using Signal, or if you're really paranoid use PGP
 encryption
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