@ Eagle of Fire:
Everything you say makes sense, because of your laws. But your laws don't work here. In my country a contract must be agreed by signing from both sides, or the old fashioned way by shaking hands. Don't laugh, it's true. (online deals like in EBAY are excluded, because you cannot sign with pen or shake hands through the phone line until now)
Your CD example does not work here either. I may record a CD to tape use it in my car, or everywhere else without violating copyrights of any kind. I may also give the tape to a friend (private), nothing is wrong with that.
Things like software companies do in the US do not work here either: If I buy a cdrom in jewel case wich is closed with a label saying; "if you break this seal, you agree to the following ... lots of nonsense ... " has no meaning here. They know it doesnt work, but they seal their software nevertheless.
And we have that p2p, where we have absolutely no laws for that! The atourneys call it "gray zone" of law. Things done by p2p are mostly tollerated if private. But the funny thing, in the public (radio, TV ...) p2p sharer are told to be criminal. This propaganda is powered by the industry, to make people afraid and keep them from doing that.
By conflicts at the court in the past they tried to take copyright for books to solve the problem, but they quickly noticed that doesn't work, so they started building copyright laws for software, but didn't finish because the EU got born and everything would go to be completely different and they still are not ready with that. If you should get to court because of software copyrights today you could be unlucky in town x and lucky in town y 10 miles away. Its a shame, but it is as it is for the moment.
I tend to use my healthy human intellect for my doing, hopefully you get this sentence right.
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