On 28 Apr 2005 at 10:48, MARC SIMS wrote: > File-swappers who distribute a single copy of a prerelease movie on the > Internet can be imprisoned for up to three years, according to a bill > that President Bush signed into law on Wednesday.
Cool... maybe they'll stop.. (fat chance). I'm amused that aside from the euphemists [who continue to call the activity "file sharing"], they mostly don't even try for an apologetic for what they're doing: they *KNOW* it is both improper and illegal [else they wouldn't go to so much trouble to use various anonymizing schemes to cover their tracks], but in an amoral sort of way they figure it is OK, or that the copyright holders are evil and money grubbers and deserve being ripped off... or [more likely] "free is good"... /b\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME list is hosted on a Windows 2000(TM) machine running L-Soft international's LISTSERV(R) software. To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have questions about the list, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
