{"id":450,"date":"2009-12-16T11:40:17","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T10:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=450"},"modified":"2009-12-16T11:40:17","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T10:40:17","slug":"copying-is-not-theft-contentious-issue-number-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/12\/16\/copying-is-not-theft-contentious-issue-number-47\/","title":{"rendered":"Copying is not theft – Contentious Issue number 47"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow just put this article up <\/a> with links to the original plea from the animator of this movie on questioncopyright.org<\/a> for someone to help re-record the soundtrack and build upon this.
\nIt is a complex issue, one that usually polarises conversations, but I do like the way this side of the argument is put.
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Copying is not theft.
\nStealing a thing leaves one less left
\nCopying it makes one thing more;
\nthat’s what copying’s for.<\/p>\n

Copying is not theft.
\nIf I copy yours you have it too
\nOne for me and one for you
\nThat’s what copies can do<\/p>\n

If I steal your bicycle
\nyou have to take the bus,
\nbut if I just copy it
\nthere’s one for each of us!<\/p>\n

Making more of a thing,
\nthat is what we call “copying”
\nSharing ideas with everyone
\nThat’s why copying
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\nFUN!<\/p>\n