On Mon, Sep 30, 2002, Dennis McCunney wrote:
> Intellectual property is _property_, just as material objects are.
> Redistribution of copyrighted intellectual property with the express
> permission of the rights holder is _theft_, pure and simple.
s/with/without/ (although I don't agree that it is "property" nor
"theft" to redistribute it:)
You make the same mistake as the last time we discussed a similar
subject (on plucker-list), i.e. the assumption that the rest of
the world == USA ;-)
In my country you are allowed to make copies of intellectual work
for family members and *friends*.
In USA you seem to have a long history of passing laws that protects
the revenue for some companies; in the rest of the world we usually
also take into consideration how we can balance the rights of both
sides (i.e. in this case the copyright holders and the "users").
/Mike
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