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 -- > HaywireMac > Registered Linux user #282046 > Homepage: nodex.sytes.net > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for > them. > >
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