[thanksgiving]

Copyright isn't a right. Intellectual property is neither intellectual nor is it property.

The only point I concede is nobody should have the right to sell or distribute counterfeit, tampered, malicious items (such as Microsoft Windows) as authentic, genuine, and untampered. We don't need intellectual property for that. We have existing laws outside of intellectual property that covers this use case.

I know this can't happen overnight but our goal should be the end of this madness.

[chrismcb]

What existing non ip laws cover this case? Are you talking about counterfeit laws? How do you prevent someone from selling a digital copy then?

[thanksgiving]

I anal but there has to be something for misrepresented goods and services. Under my plan, selling unmodified copies is ok. Selling modified versions as long as they are clearly marked as modified is OK as well.