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Russ Allbery ([personal profile] eagle) wrote in [personal profile] rone 2012-02-21 07:11 am (UTC)

Oh, okay, yes, sorry. I wasn't thinking of the regional distribution nonsense, and should have given that I was replying to you. Yeah, I'm somewhat more sympathetic towards the attitude that people refusing to sell you things until years later are forfeiting some of their right to complain about them downloading it in the meantime.

I still don't think that's a particularly ethical position. At least until we come up with a better model for this stuff than property, one of the points of property is that people aren't required to sell it to you. But you weren't arguing that, you were arguing whether the content providers have any right to complain, and on that front I think you've got a very strong point.

I will say, though, that while some of these online debates are sparked by people who are in a regional distribution black hole, most of them are started by entitled US residents who just don't want to pay for the content in the form provided even though they could and could get it. So one starts to develop a real knee-jerk reaction against the entitlement.

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