Do you seriously have to ask the question 'does smoking effect other people?" Of course it does, it's smoke, it hangs the air, it causes eye irritation, headaches and sinus problems. Just standing within 5 feet of someone smoking can cause me to go into coughing fits. So for for a person like me who is highly irritated by cigarette smoke, that analogy is really bad. Besides, I find that using analogies in debates/arguments whatever causes counter-analogies to be used and then it suddenly becomes a debate about the analogies and not the problem.
Also, if the site is charging for art it does not have the right to re-sell, be it icons or full images, then of course it is the same thing. If the person giving out the download was doing it for free, the problem would then be with the distribution of the paysite stuff, on the same level as those that re-distribute music or movies. But since they are asking for money, then he has a problem with all of the artists, not just the paysite stuff. And as the artists, they have the right to exercise their copyright protection rights on their work, whether or not you agree with them.
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Date: 2010-06-23 06:55 pm (UTC)Also, if the site is charging for art it does not have the right to re-sell, be it icons or full images, then of course it is the same thing. If the person giving out the download was doing it for free, the problem would then be with the distribution of the paysite stuff, on the same level as those that re-distribute music or movies. But since they are asking for money, then he has a problem with all of the artists, not just the paysite stuff. And as the artists, they have the right to exercise their copyright protection rights on their work, whether or not you agree with them.