Both!
Gotta protect that brilliant material/
Too bad they don't care as much about personal property.
Tough call. She could be an idiot AND a liar. She could also be an idiot, but no a liar. If she is a liar though, she is also by definition and idiot, since all liars are idiots. However, not all idiots are liars. It really is a tough call...
Hey, watch it now!
You're talking about one of my esteemed senators.
And don't forget - she's the smart one.
Well, as one who has copyrighted works, I would say she is right on the mark.
You would never dream of going to work if you knew you weren't going to get paid for the work you do. If you knew someone was going to steal your paycheck each and every payday. And that's what the copyright argument is all about. People are stealing other people's livelihoods.
I personally think some in the arts are way way overpaid but to me, so are those in the NFL, NBA, and the NHL. But you don't go to the games and try to get in without paying for a ticket.
But further then that. It costs millions of dollars to make a movie. If they don't take in enough money to pay for making the movies we all love to watch, then they will just stop making them. They're not going to make them for free.
Same thing for music. It costs a lot of money to produce a quality CD. If you can't make enough money to pay all the costs because people are stealing instead of buying then the music stops.