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Theft is theft, whether it be in a traditional sense or not. You also had no part in creating your wallet I imagine? I'll take that. Oh and i find domicile laws to be nebulous and exclusive also, so I am moving in...make room on the couch. In my mind copyright exists to protect creatives and 'allow them', heh couldn't resist, to reap the fruits of their labour. To me it is protection from studios, economic egrariasts, patsy philanthropists, plagarists and 'normals'. 'Normals', as defined by me, are those that cannot create original and thought provoking works but merely replicate and regurgitate other peoples ideas. With copyright, at least, they have to wait a good while before they can cut and paste stuff or turn it into a lame sitcom. If everything has been thought before...why are we so often surprised and delighted by an artists works? The fact that new tech and ideas are created constantly disproves this lame rational anyway imho. I, for one, am glad The Berne Convention and international copyright treaties are drawn from the french 'rights of the author' construct as it forced many countries, your own included, to look at IP from a perspective of respect for the artists that create, and the protection of their works for posterity rather than a perspective of fiscal viability under the guise of 'for the people'. There is provision in many countries for artists to release their rights pertaining to their work into the public domain if they so wish. Never heard of it being done though...wonder why:)