Should I Download That?
Dec 11th, 2006
Would you steal a purse? How about a video game? Would you enter a store and walk out with a CD that you didn't pay for? Our society's modern advances in technology have lead us to ask new questions about what is ethically right, and even question whether digital data should be considered a physical asset someone can have rights over. In this essay, I will cover the more recent arguments against the copying of intellectual property as well as touch on the arguments of those who oppose copyright law. I will also be discussing the basic principles of copyright, patents and the morals behind protecting inventors, scientists, and artists alike. In turn, I will use Kant's theory to show how the current social views clearly point toward intellectual property being subject to the same kind of law that has protected a centuries worth of inventions and art from the prying hands of those who would attempt to use others hard work without consent from the author. I will......
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