Jonathan Coulter had a "mechanical license" to make a cover of the original song; he didn't "steal" a damn thing. Way to show your lack of reading skills, junior.
1) Many moral things are at times illegal, and vice versa. Slavery is an immediate example.
2) Cocaine, in fact, is kept in *every* hospital (in small amounts) as an emergency topical anesthetic. In fact, it's one of the most effective, least allergy-producing topical anesthetics known.
3) There very often *is not* legal alternatives for a given person to acquire given content. Whether expense ($20-30 per movie at the theater, anyone?) or availability (many works are taken off the market completely, but rights are still reserved), this is quite common.
I think you're way off base. Both "wars" you speak of are completely ineffective, and for very similar reasons.
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You silly git
Jonathan Coulter had a "mechanical license" to make a cover of the original song; he didn't "steal" a damn thing. Way to show your lack of reading skills, junior.
Re: Fail.
1) Many moral things are at times illegal, and vice versa. Slavery is an immediate example.
2) Cocaine, in fact, is kept in *every* hospital (in small amounts) as an emergency topical anesthetic. In fact, it's one of the most effective, least allergy-producing topical anesthetics known.
3) There very often *is not* legal alternatives for a given person to acquire given content. Whether expense ($20-30 per movie at the theater, anyone?) or availability (many works are taken off the market completely, but rights are still reserved), this is quite common.
I think you're way off base. Both "wars" you speak of are completely ineffective, and for very similar reasons.