Peter Rock has been graciously helping me continue to think about copyright over on his blog.  It started with his post "sharing denies nothing" in which he says:

Most certainly, file sharing does not include payment (hence “sharing”), but that’s very different than an active “denying” of payment. While the difference is subtle, it is significant and skews any copyright argument if not acknowledged.

My response started a back-and-forth which, I’m sure, wouldn’t suffer from other voices …

Care to join?

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