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You need to take some time and think about whether you have the right to impose a system upon musicians. There was a time when people did not believe in free speech. Free speech is an ideology. A widespread ideology, but one nonetheless. You need to consider very seriously whether your right to "free speech" of posting another person's work and creation is more important than an artist's right to their own work. Is it? Can you seriously tell yourself in "net benefit to society" that your ability to distribute stolen content is more important than the security an artist might need to create that content in the first place? And yes, some may produce anyway, even without that right to their own work, but beyond the speculation as to the cultural benevolence of man, can you really say that your "right to distribute" is more important than their right to simply have real ownership over that which they may have work on for months before they created a music product? Is it important that you have that right? or is it maybe selfish?


You are on a forum for technical people. We don't talk about things that are provably impossible to implement. Enforcing copyright law is provably impossible, hence the moral question is moot. We are trying to examine what that will mean for artists and producers.

You on the other hand, are whining about the unfairness of it all. On a forum for technical people.

You are either ignorant of the technology portion of things, or are trolling. Either way, please leave until you have fixed the problem.




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