[pp.int.general] Plagiarism is bad because it infringes copyright????

[Rick Falkvinge (Piratpartiet)]

> It is consistent to say, "We stand for freedom to share published
> works; we are voting for the XYZ bill because it gets part-way there,
> and we can't get more in this parliament."  Then we can present XYZ
> as a (partial) victory, and still show what remains to be fought for.
>
> What we must not do -- because it is self-defeating -- is to weaken
> what we stand for down to what we might be able to get.
>
Hear, hear.

I don't usually do "I agree" posts, but this is so important it deserves
to be reiterated over and over again.

Cheers,
RIck