Please read the case study entitled Pirates that you find in the reading

assignment.

Afterwards read the chapter 5 “Of Property” from John Locke’s The Second
Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7370/7370-h/7370-h.htm#CHAPTER_V

Please discuss this reading material in light of this case study and the reading
assignments for this unit.

Reference:

Locke, J. (2003). Two treatises of government: And a letter concerning toleration.

Shapiro, I. (Ed.). New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press.

The unanswered question is whether the CD being copied is copyright protected, in other

words, whether this is a piracy case. Assume it is. If retarded chicken had to fill out an

ethical argument against CD piracy that relied on either the perennial duties or Kant, what

could he say?

Retarded Chicken’s argument is based on how he intends to use the pirated CD copy. If he

purchased the CD and created a copy for his personal use for example for his car stereo, he

would then ethically argue that this is accepted. If however, he created a copy for sale to gain

or shared the copy with someone else then that is copyright infringement; the artist was

denied income.

While over stand may be pirating, no one doubts that the original disc is legitimately his.

Maybe he bought it or maybe someone gave it to him; either way, what’s the libertarian

argument against retarded chicken? How could a libertarian justify over stand’s copying?
The libertarian would agree with retarded chicken reasoning as to why over stand was

copying the CD. Over stand’s copying can be justified because libertarians believe

intellectual property and copyright infringement laws are a form of aggression or coercion, a

monopolistic violation of an individual’s legitimate prerogatives. Though other libertarians

agree that patents and copyrights are a necessary component of a legal framework that

protects the libertarian system of open competition and individual rights (D’Amato, 2014).

Would a libertarian believe that the company producing the disc has a right to lace it with

code that makes duplication impossible? Explain.

I believe that the libertarian believe that the company producing the disc has a right to lace it

with code that makes duplication impossible because libertarians agree that patents and

copyrights are necessary to protect the artist, however they feel strongly that there should not

be monopoly that harms the individual’s legitimate entitlements.

It sounds like Clone CD is specifically made to help pirates get around the copyright

protections manufacturers put on their discs.

◦ What’s the Kantian case for condemning Clone CD for their project?

◦ What’s the libertarian case for congratulating them?

There is two version of categorical imperative. The first version defines who cannot able to

lie in any case and other version say according to situation you can manipulate the truth.

Which of the two cases is stronger? Why?

Retardedchicken implies that overstand is a thief and -=iNsAnE=- calls retardedchicken’s

post “worthless crap.” Flipside calls - =iNsAnE=- a “mongloid.”

◦ Is there an ethical case that can be made against the tone of this discussion?
I personally believe that yes, ethically, even if there is differing opionion, there must remain

some restraint on the language used and each human rights must be respected. There must be

an ethic code applicable to internet discussions to avoid the abuse.

◦ Does online interaction foster this tone? If so, can an ethical case be made against the

existence of Internet discussion boards?

Personally, I believe that online interaction should not foster this tone however people feel

safe with the mask of anonymity and tend to be abusive because they have the misconception

that they are not seen. Continuous dialogue is require to educate people on the harm this

abuse may cause.

Reference:

Brusseau, J. (2012). Business Ethics. New York, NY: 2012 Book Archive Project

D’Amato, D. S. (2014, May 28). Libertarian Views of Intellectual Property: Rothbard, Tucker, Spooner,

and Rand. Retrieved from https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/libertarian-views-intellectual-

property-rothbard-tucker-spooner-rand

Locke, J. (2003). Two treatises of government: And a letter concerning toleration. Shapiro, I.

(Ed.). New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press.

Grade 10.00 / 10.00

Graded on Monday, 9 July 2018, 9:05 PM

Graded by
Todd Cooley (Instructor)

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Great job Margaret. Excellent use of the source material. This is
a solid first submission!

As an aside, it's interesting how quickly technology advances.

The source material is dated 2011 and is centered on CD's, we
are now in 2017 and everything is on MP3/4. CD's are relatively
obsolete!