From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 28/02/07, Deirdre Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I can't think of a workable solution > > yeah, me neither. so is it ok to say to someone "you can't > > have what > > you want because even though it's technically possible it is not > > ethically possible"? I don't know. > Please explain why permitting the public to store and > redistribute works is not ethical :-)
Hi. I'm a DVD rental store owner. [1] You've just paid me £5 to hire my DVD. Yay! You've taken it home, copied it and given it to a mate. That means they won't come to my DVD store [2]. Boo! :-) [1] Actually I'm not. I work for the BBC. [2] which I don't actually work in - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/