On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/08/2010, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tim, > > > > > > > As I have said before, theft is the taking of someone elses property > > > without their permission, and you are not denying this is what you do. > > > > > > I repeat: > > > > > > An act of "theft" requires that someone be denied ownership, possession, > use, or access to something > > as a result of the taking. > > > > I repeat: > > Theft=The taking of something that is not yours without the perm > ission of the rightful owner. > > Does this mean that the Google guys are thieves because they make copies of copyrighted sites and store them in their cache which they publish/distribute? > we have moved on from this Bardu has accepted that it is theft, just > that is is acceptable theft. > > > > > Clearly the above has not happened, and therefore nobody is "stealing" > anything even by American legal standards (the home of bad IP law). > > > > Making a copy of something != theft -- even in the US. > > > > FYI: Global IP laws, as they relate to this discussion, are generally > the result of intense lobbying/corruption of the US legal system by large > media distribution companies (RIAA/MPAA) who's businesses became irrelevant > as a result of the Internet. > > :-D > > Copyright existed a very long time before the USA existed. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law > > They are to blame for many things, but not copyright. > > > > > These companies do not represent the artists, they represent factories, > retail business relationships, and license fees which do not get passed on > to the creative talent behind the works which they distribute. > > > > Essentially, these companies had so much money and clout that they were > able to alter the US and, to some extent, global legal system in order to > make their businesses artificially relevant. > > > > On a side note, I wonder what state the world would be in today if > horse-drawn carriage manufacturers had pulled off the same stunt in order to > make automobiles illegal. > > I think you have maybe misunderstood this thread. > > > > > Regards, > > > > Kyle Spencer > > > > Tim > > -- > WebERP Africa Ltd > +447710427049 > +256752963327 > +255784602561 > www.weberpafrica.com > _______________________________________________ > -- //MB
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