Z:gnu-www-ja-misinterpreting-copyright--a8a17d-The =26ldquo;pirate=26rdquo; rheto/en

The &ldquo;pirate&rdquo; rhetoric is typically accepted because it so pervades the media that few people realize how radical it is. It is effective because if copying by the public is fundamentally illegitimate, we can never object to the publishers' demand that we surrender our freedom to do so. In other words, when the public is challenged to show why publishers should not receive some additional power, the most important reason of all&mdash;&ldquo;We want to copy&rdquo;&mdash;is disqualified in advance.