On Monday 07 June 2010 19:09:43 VolodyA! V Anarhist wrote: > Matthew Toseland wrote: > > As I understand it Chomsky defends his copyright quite vigorously (and > > earns a substantial amount of money from his work). Are you absolutely sure > > you have the right to distribute that file? > > Dear Matthew, > > I understand (while not 100% agree with) your reasons behind disallowing > people > from talking about anything that is copyrighted and is transferred to another > person without permission. However, what you have said there is untrue. > > In fact you are safe only because Noam Chomsky does not use libel laws to > protect oneself, even when it would easily be a winner (such as when he is > accused of antisemitism, holocaust denial, etc.) You have already spoken to > me > about Noam Chosmky and copyright, and i recall quite well that i've told you > that he has never used copyright laws to take any individual to court, i have > then informed you that there has been a torrent - file sharing site > specifically > geared to exchanging interviews, books, and other media made by Chomsky. I > believe your argument then was that some media company that owns the > copyright > of his interview or writing may non-the-less take people to court. > > The reason why i'm writing this is that this list is public and is easily > found > in search engines, thus when you say things like that on this list it creates > an > urgan legend and defames Professor Noam Chomsky. I can already see some > zionist > article: > "Noam Chomsky, the self-proclaimed anarchist, has been terrorising the people > by > using the laws that he claims to oppose, in fact even the radical Freenet > administrators who allow links to child pornography and terrorism are afraid > to > even allow a mention of the audio files with his name in them (Matthew > Toseland, > 2010)." > > Whether you like it or not, toad; by the public that will not know enough > about > the way Freenet operates you will be seen as one of the people "in charge", > and > as such when you say things on public forum about some specific person it can > be > used to show the "Freenet policy". Please note, i'm not arguing to allow > copyright infringement to be advertised on the support lists, far from it; > but > please do not make statements about individual people's character.
Well, can you get a definitive answer on the simple question, is the file in question copyrighted and not legally redistributible? I don't care whether it is Chomsky who owns the copyright or his publisher.
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