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Copyright laws protect musicians, writers and artists the world over, for varying periods of time. If the copyright runs out, then the work falls into the public domain.
I voted "other" because I agree with Linda, and because I don't want my personal information or accomplishments in the public domain, nor do I care to read others' tribulations. Perhaps you might qualify what you're calling "information?"
I picked other because it wasn't clear what kind of info sites .. but then reading comments.. I'm guessing piracy sites? I am fully against them. I saw the pic on piracy vs theft too .. and that is not relative because what you are stealing is the rights of the creator to possess and control their o...
I picked other because it wasn't clear what kind of info sites .. but then reading comments.. I'm guessing piracy sites? I am fully against them. I saw the pic on piracy vs theft too .. and that is not relative because what you are stealing is the rights of the creator to possess and control their own creation. So the fact that it is a copy - is still theft - because one who makes a copy doesn't possess that right. I think for people who don't create things and depend on it as an income, that might be harder to grasp. Even if there is no money to be made with the piracy - there could be money lost to the creator with the giving away for free to someone who only by buying a song, for example, would have the right to listen to it. Copyrights are held by the creator and heirs until a number of years after death. The last time I looked it was fifty in this country. Only the creator can assign rights, such as to share it somewhere on a site, no one else.
Sharing actually helps people find new things.
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