Yeah, to hell with all that "Thou Shalt Not Steal" crap! :-)

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>>>Digital media. All digital media should be free to receive, copy, and use.
>>I am really surprised that you say that. As the creator of intellectual
>>property, which is the way software is described legally, I don't get why
>>you think anyone should be free to use your work with no compensation
>>to you.
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>www.libsf.org. I've devoted an entire foundation to it. :-) It has become the purpose, direction and focus of all of my personal endeavors. There is one difference in my foundation from others ... it is that I recognize that all things are received from God, and they are to be given back to God as freely as we received them. I write it thusly on that page:
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>"We recognize that all of our talents, all of our gifts,
>everything that we are, everything that we'll ever be,
>that all of it is a gift from God. And it is upon that
>rock, His Son, Jesus Christ, that we receive all and
>desire from the love He first showed us, to give back
>of our talents, that others may receive the benefits
>and improve upon this, our prior work offered unto
>mankind."
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>My view: we are all part of God's creation, an interwoven fabric of people designed by God to be servants of God for the benefit of one another. And being a servant of God does not relegate you to a life of indentured service, but rather that in all things you do, no matter what they are, you do them in a godly way. This is a tremendous honor and privilege, by the way.
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>There have been many false teachings in this world about what it means to be a "servant of God." There is a Bible verse which helps clarify it and remove the confusion: "Colossians 3:17 - 'And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.'"
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>In short: Because God is who God is, and because God has done what God has done, giving each of us the opportunity to be ... anything, then we recognize our place in the grand design, His place as author and director, and our place relative to each other in that grand design, and we proceed accordingly.
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>We were all created by God, in the image of God, and put here. And God is only helping all people all the time. He desires the same from us.
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>>If you choose to make your programming work freely available. -- which
>>I mention only in passing Doug has done on a grand scale -- that is your
>>choice.
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>That's why I mention Copyleft and ShareAlike. These mechanisms use the existing legal framework to ensure that everyone receiving the prior work is able to utilize it as they wish, but that when they release their content again the people who receive it also receive the same rights they had (to use it as they wish, and to pass along to yet a third party those same rights, etc.).
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>>That doesn't mean anything in digital form is fair game without
>>the permission of the author.
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>I recognize that's how it exists today. And I personally don't simply take other people's content in the existing framework. The set of digital music I possess, other content that is only available on DVD form, for example, I own the source DVD or have paid for the content I downloaded. That is our existing system, and I abide by it.
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>I believe this other system I describe is the better solution. It's the one where everybody is continually giving, and no-one is deprived of anything.