Pirates: Should The Consumer Be Copyrighted Material Is Ethical?

Pirates, a case study to interpret if the duplication of copyrighted material is ethical. Should the consumer be forced to purchase multiple copies for their personal use? One can argue that the consumer purchase gives them the right to duplicate the contents for their use. At the time of purchase, the copyright laws that apply are also purchased. That consumer should have the liberty to copy the content without further implication for their personal use. It would be unethical to share or redistribute the copies to anyone that has not purchased the rights. The opposite also exists, where the copyright law applies to the content on the CD, not the physical CD itself. The argument arises, that the protection of the content is purchased with each legal copy that has been manufactured. The action to copy the contents from one CD to another would be considered an infringement on the law. Making it unethical when considering what is right and wrong.

Are we pushing innovation beyond ethical limits or are we opening doors that will help us redefine what is ethical? By pushing the boundaries are we helping the masses or limiting their protection to make money? I believe that the masses should have the opportunity to push the boundaries that help us redefine what is right. The world is abundant and we should exercise the right to benefit from our labor and allow the world to set the limit. Otherwise, people create their own limitations that affect others, and that is unethical. As John Locke, expresses in the “Second Treatise of Government”, the law of reason makes the case that the individual who puts labor into a task has the right of