On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:38:39 -0400
HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:10:07 -0400
> "Networks East" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> 
> > FILE SHARING IS ILLEGAL
> 
> No, it's not. Sharing of copyrighted material is a violation of
> the copyright holders' rights, it is not theft, at least not in
> most civilised countries. 
> 
> Photocopying a book is not the same as removing the physical book
> from the store, it's a simple legal fact. Civil court vs. criminal
> court.
> 
> Only in the US, and perhaps soon in EU, this could become
> equivalent, but copyright law was never intended to come under the
> same heading as theft.
> 
> 
It does, however, feel very much like being mugged when you see your
product with another company's label.

Trust me

Lee
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