"Are you unhappy that you aren't allowed to go out an photocopy the latest #1 best seller?"
Not really as my experience is that best-sellers are rarely worth reading :) Seriously, I have some books that are extremely precious to me (such as my Microbiblion 1650) which I have had professionally copied for my use. And this is where the distinction lies: Copying Music, best-sellers, videos and so on for profit is piracy; but making a backup copy for one's own use should not be. If I want to make a photo-copy of a Tom Clancy novel (Yuck!) that I own, and solely for my backup purposes why shouldn't I? If I make multiple copies for Uncle Tom Cobbley and all that is a whole different shinty match (to Scotticize and American saying). Luckily there are no termites in Bulgaria, although our cat recently ate most of a non-back-upped cookery book; now scouring the bookshops for another copy - bl**dy silly really,should have made a backup copy: Q.E.D. My hair is not as long as Richard Stallman's, but I do sympathise with him to a certain extent! ____________________________________________________________ A Thorn in the flesh is better than a failed Systems Development Life Cycle. ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
