lol @ senselock
When i read Sowelu i feel like something is really messed up in his vision of the world. First, its not like *piracy* is that big of a deal. I mean, look at the world, there are far worse things going on all the time, and most people just don't care. So why should it be the moral/civic responsibility of citizens to protect publishers profit ?
Sorry but when i download an illegal copy of a game i don't feel bad. When i download a movie, i don't feel bad. Why should I ? Honestly, if i had to buy all the games/movies/etc... that i downloaded for free, i would be broke by now. And thanks god i didnt, because a large part of it was such crap that i wouldnt want to buy it.
I grew up reading A LOT of books, from libraries and from friends, and over time i bought a small selection of books that i liked, not because i wanted the authors to get money, but because i wanted to own a copy of these (eventually to lend them or read them again).
Once again, if i had to buy all these books... well i couldnt have, because i was a kid and i didnt have such money. But i think that reading opened my mind a lot and enriched it in many ways, which wouldnt have been possible if i or my parent had to pay for every book.
The world you dream of, Sowelu, is not the world that i want to live in. I mean, even if the world was an utopia, your system of absolute property/copyright/no lending/no resale is just narrow minded and would taint it.