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Re: The economy would be better if more people respected copyright law. Agree/disagr
While I'm not sure that people should get to copy anything they want; I don't think that more people respecting copyright laws would have any significant impact on the aggregated economy.
What if no one pirated anything on the Internet? Everyone only watched movies they paid to see, only used non-freeware software that they've paid for, only downloaded copyrighted music after legitimately paying for it, etc. In other words, everyone adhered strictly to copyright law. Would that help the economy?
Note: This question is only about copyrighted material. Some software is freeware; some books and movies have expired copyrights, etc. Those materials are legal to freely distribute. This thread is not about those.
While I'm not sure that people should get to copy anything they want; I don't think that more people respecting copyright laws would have any significant impact on the aggregated economy.