Sabri Oncu wrote:
> I don't think this Russian guy is guilty of anything. Information has
> a market prices of $0, is it not? What happens if I "steal" something
> that has a price of $0?  Am I guilty because of that? When a pick a
> ripe peach from that peach tree in front of the grocery store across
> where I live, is that a threat to the US national economy or financial
> markets?

the whole idea of the "intellectual property rights" movement is to
take information with a zero price and give it a positive price (as
with downloaded music).  Morally speaking, that information may have
zero price, but not in the Brave New World.


-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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