Why the disconnect? People know shoving a DVD in their pocket is wrong but stealing the same movie thru their modem isn’t?
I’ll bite: how is copying something without the permission of Big Media a failure to honor thy father and thy mother? Is it because most of us were raised by television sets?
The 4th Commandment does not just end with our parents.
What does this have to do with downloading movies or music?
Shoplifting a picture from a store is theft. Taking a photograph of the picture in the store is not theft.
The 4th Commandment requires that we obey the lawful authorities placed over us. Congress receives its authority from God, so violating the law is a vioaltion of the will of God.
) my word for it, that you educate yourself by reading the Catechism’s section about the 4th Commandment.Maybe not. But this is another case where that photograph could be causing the photographer to violate copyright law.
Congress receives its authority from God? What about when we were under the authority of the King of England - did he recieve his authority from God too? If so, when was his God-given authority transferred to Congress?The 4th Commandment requires that we obey the lawful authorities placed over us. Congress receives its authority from God, so violating the law is a vioaltion of the will of God.
In this case, the Congress, using the authority given to them from God, has granted “Big Media” (and “Little Media” and you and me, for that matter) the right to limit the copying of material they create. By downloading items which you do not have license to, you are defying this authority.
That’s the nutshell version. I would suggest, rather than just taking (or rejecting
As I said–don’t take my word for it–read the Catechism. I even gave you a nice link to click on!
That’s no big deal.
I clicked. Thanks - but I still don’t get your point. I guess you’re saying that when Jesus multiplied all those loaves and fishes, he should have been billed for all the copies and the guy with the original loaves and fishes should have been able to buy a mansion with his royalty checks. I don’t think so. I think he should get to keep his original loaves and fishes and that’s all he’s entitled to.As I said–don’t take my word for it–read the Catechism. I even gave you a nice link to click on!
There was no IP law at the time so your argument is utterly senseless.
I think it is this and also a violation of the 7th but is an even bigger more clear violation of the 10th commandment. It is wrong to desire to steal something from our filmmaker friends
Jesus, having authored all things visible and invisible, was the original owner of the copyright on loaves and fishes. The human power of dominion (=owning stuff) is essentially distribution rights.
So when the Continental Congress rebelled against the King of England - BOTH simultaneously derived their authority from God?Jesus, having authored all things visible and invisible, was the original owner of the copyright on loaves and fishes. The human power of dominion (=owning stuff) is essentially distribution rights.
Ask me another, come on.
Oh, and incidentally, all just authority, whether monarch or Congress, is from God. Its justice rests on consent of the governed and lack of abrogation of basic rights (one of which is property, including intellectual property). Technically, one owns one’s own works, including movies one has authored, more than one owns anything else.
The King’s actions, which prompted the Revolution, removed his authority–authority rests on the justice of its use (and on the right to hold the office in question, so it’s iffy if a Hanoverian actually had any authority). Any intolerable abuse (minor corruption isn’t usually sufficient) renders the government invalid.
You asked this question; "how is copying something without the permission of Big Media a failure to honor thy father and thy mother? Is it because most of us were raised by television sets?" so I answered it. The “Big Media” as you put it, is our authority over whatever is copyrighted in the media. We have to obey and respect authority not just our parents. The civil authority is there so that there can be laws. We are not to break those laws, or else. Just the same way we obey our authority here on earth with the Church and our Authority up in Heaven with God. If we break one of God’s laws there’s an “or else” attached to that.
Big things getted started from little things. You say this is no big deal… to what else will you say this? Our BIG Original Sin got started with one little lie and turned into a HUGE one. Well the lie wasn’t so “little” but it was one lie and now we all lie every once in a while and say it’s no big deal. Well I say, YES it is a big deal. A lie offends God so it’s a big deal to me and it should be to you also.