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> you're ignoring history by thinking that technology has changed anything

With your line of argument, what changes can happen? What is new?

Lots of changes can happen. They just haven't here, in this case. Did you read the article? The arguments they had during the 1800s basically foresee all of the issues people talk about regarding copyright, including foreseeing piracy.

Okay, lots of changes. One example? Can you show me a paradigm shift where the rules actually needed to be updated, and explain what is different from this case?

Yes, I can. But I'm not going to go down this road with you - we'll be stuck all day fighting over definitions of what is an "actual" paradigm shift and where rules "really were" updated.

Instead, feel free to make your point. I pointed to an article and made a very specific case - the issues people talk about today, and think are unique to our time because of technology, are not unique, and have been discussed before our time. As proof, I linked to an article which has excerpts from talks given during the 1800's.

I'm still unsure what case you're trying to make, and whether you agree or not that my statements were correct.

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