Editing Criticism of copyright (section)

=== Philosophical arguments ===
[[Selmer Bringsjord]] argues that all forms of copying are morally permissible (without commercial use), because some forms of copying are permissible and there is not a logical distinction between various forms of copying.<ref>Selmer Bringsjord, [http://kryten.mm.rpi.edu/bringsjord_copying.pdf "In Defence of Copying"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221015933/http://kryten.mm.rpi.edu/bringsjord_copying.pdf |date=February 21, 2014 }}, Public Affairs Quarterly 3 (1989) 1–9.</ref>

Edwin Hettinger argues that natural rights arguments for intellectual property are weak and the philosophical tradition justifying property can not guide us in thinking about intellectual property.<ref>Alfino, Mark, [http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/alfino/dossier/papers/copyrigh.htm "Intellectual Property and Copyright Ethics"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004201129/http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/alfino/dossier/papers/copyrigh.htm |date=October 4, 2013 }}, ''Business and Professional Ethics Journal'', 10.2 (1991): 85–109. Reprinted in Robert A. Larmer (Ed.), Ethics in the Workplace, Minneapolis, MN: West Publishing Company, 1996, 278–293.</ref><ref>Edwin Hettinger, [http://www3.nccu.edu.tw/~adali/hettinger.pdf "Justifying Intellectual Property"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319070346/http://www3.nccu.edu.tw/~adali/hettinger.pdf |date=March 19, 2013 }}, ''Philosophy and Public Affairs'', 18 (1989) 31–52.</ref> Shelly Warwick believes that copyright law as currently constituted does not appear to have a consistent ethical basis.<ref>Warwick, Shelly. [http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/st_org/iptf/commentary/content/1999060505.html "Is Copyright Ethical? An Examination of the Theories, Laws, and Practices Regarding the Private Ownership of the Intellectual Work of the United States."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107002718/http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/st_org/iptf/commentary/content/1999060505.html |date=January 7, 2015 }}, ''Readings in Cyberethics''. 2nd ed. Ed. Richard A. Spinello and Herman T. Tavani. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2004: 305–321.</ref>