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> Even more amusing is the idea of reading a license to
> determine if you're legally allowed to visit a web page.
Not a lawyer but when you put something onto a web page you have conformed
to a well known pattern that would expect an action to take place. For
example if I put a stack of leaflets on the counter of a local store that
said "Rumage sale next Week" and gave an address of where to go I do not
think that you would have much luck charging someone who took a leaflet with
stealing. Even though the leaflet does not say "take one".
Another thing that might make a difference would be some of the rulings that
came about when Sony was sued for the personal video recorder. What rights
do you have to record a broadcast program? Is the Internet (or part of the
Internet's functionality) a defacto agreement to allow the copying of
certain files (i.e. index.html /pub etc)?
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"One of the best examples of pure democracy in action is the lynch mob"
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