Pirate vs Copywriter

S. Klebanov: You are depriving people of their earnings by downloading music, films, books, programs from the Internet.
A. Sherstnev: No one forced these people to share their property with other people.
S. Klebanov: However, there is copyright prohibiting the distribution of certain intellectual information for free.
A. Sherstnev: The owner has acquired some content. After the transfer of information from the first owner to the second, the second becomes the full owner of this information. So the second one can distribute his property if he wishes.
S. Klebanov: Information belongs to the first owner, the second owner violates the property rights of the first.
A. Sherstnev: This is not so. Information was voluntarily sold or transferred by the first owner to other people. There was a voluntary distribution of some property. So that no one possesses the fruits of your labor, do not share them. However, you voluntarily shared them, making the owners of your information someone else.
S. Klebanov: But how do you order the many writers, directors, actors, and artists to earn money?
A. Sherstnev: These are not my problems. If they want to keep certain ideas or some information secret, then these ideas and information should be kept secret. To be, so to speak, the sole owners of their ideas and their information.
S. Klebanov: What then do you think is copyright?
A. Sherstnev: Monopoly privilege.
S. Klebanov: Yes ?! Is it that simple? What is monopoly here?
A. Sherstnev: The fact that the owner, upon receiving certain information, for some reason is deprived of the right of ownership of this information, although it was voluntarily sold or transferred from the first person to other persons. Monopoly consists in the fact that people who acquire or receive a certain benefit are denied ownership of this benefit by a monopoly-privileged force. People are obliged to acquire certain information exclusively from one distributor.
S. Klebanov: But this is not entirely monopoly, because There are numerous distributors operating illegally.
A. Sherstnev: They act legally, making the cost of certain information or products very cheap. The "copyright holder" is trying to get people to buy products only from him. Thanks to the patronage of the state or international bureaucracy, the price of such a product will always be high. Owners who receive information from the first person, sharing it with someone, bring down the cost of content. This is not like the monopolists.
S. Klebanov: Are you a communist?
A. Sherstnev: No. I am a libertarian.
S. Klebanov: Strange. Libertarians have always been in favor of copyright.
A. Sherstnev: Many people who consider themselves libertarian were not familiar with the works of Rothbard. When they get to know them, many things become clear to them. The same applies to the monopoly privilege called "copyright".
S. Klebanov: I just recently argued with a Marxist. He seemed to be from the so-called pirate party.
A. Sherstnev: You simply did not argue with the libertarian.
S. Klebanov: Maybe. This is perhaps the end. You did not convince me.
A. Sherstnev: Life will convince. All the best.

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