Re: [H] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. et al. v. Grokster, Ltd., et al.

[Hayes Elkins]

Well if you insist that other people's property (intellectual or physical) 
should be universally shared, there's an island 90 miles south of florida 
that shares your ideology.

From: j m g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: j m g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,        The Hardware List 
<hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
To: The Hardware List <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Subject: Re: [H] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. et al. v. Grokster, 
Ltd.,et al.
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:29:08 -0400
no no no - it's not stealing, it's copyright infringement

justice, in practice, is not simple - it usually depends on which side 
you're on

On 7/6/05, Hayes Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >From: Thane Sherrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: The Hardware List <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
> >To: The Hardware List <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
> >Subject: Re: [H] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. et al. v. 
Grokster,Ltd.,
> >et al.
> >Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:39:27 -0300
> >
> >At 02:25 PM 06/07/2005, Hayes Elkins wrote:
> >
> >>http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=injustice
> >>
> >>in·jus·tice  n.
> >>Violation of another's rights or of what is right; lack of justice.
> >>A specific unjust act; a wrong.
> >>
> >>Last I checked, stealing is wrong and stealing a pirated work is a
> >>violation of another's rights.
> >
> >You're misunderstanding the definition.  You're also misunderstanding
> >rights, but I don't want to get into that. :)
> >
> >T
>
> Downloading a ISO copy of a DVD movie you have not purchased is 
stealing.
> Stealing is universally wrong and punishable the world over. I think it 
is
> you that is misunderstanding the incredibly simple definition of 
injustice.
>
>
>


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-jmg

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
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