On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Bruce Rice wrote:
> ... <some stuff deleted>
> Those who pirate music and provide it to others, are just
> as guilty as those of the Supreme Court case,
> ... <some stuff deleted>
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>
> Hmmmm..., I just had a thought.
> (I know, uncommon but true.)
> Of all the PCs I've worked on - literally hundreds - I don't remember a
> single one that was 100% legit.
>
> Grannies with Mom's recipe programs, teens with MP3s, kids playing Barbie on
> two different PCs using a copy by Dad, IT folks with all kinds of latest and
> greatest apps copied to CD and USB drives to make their jobs a bit easier,
> 10 salesmen sharing 1 copy of PcAnywhere, preachers with Bible Verse on all
> the PCs - same serial number.
> The list goes on-and-on-and-on.
> I wonder how long it will be before Big Bro shows up and drags Granny away?
> Shame, Granny, Shame.
Same is true on the road. Drive the speed limit on a
highway and see what percentage of the cars pass you. But
does that mean that the cops shouldn't ticket you if you
happen to be breaking the law at the wrong time and the
wrong place?
> The fact that Hollywood and the RIAA have big bucks and want to claim their
> fortunes are X% less this year because of piracy is ridiculous.
> The percentage of folks that dl movies are so small that it can't affect
> them enough to pay their lawyers/lobbyists.
How are they going to enforce this new ruling? How vigilant
will they be?
> What they really need to look at is the $4 cokes and
> $$7.50 popcorn and the 10 tickets. Heck, I can't justify
> going to the movies unless it's extraordinarily good (and
> I eat at home prior to seeing the movie).
Don't you have a DVD player, movies "on demand" via your
cable or satellite?
> In a perfect world I'd say "NO PIRACY". Unfortunately,
> this world is far from perfect, the system is ruled by
> big money and they still push the limits...
>
> So, anyhow, I think the voters may well be the last
> bastion of freedom for the people, because the Government
> has shown it simply doesn't have a clue, or scruples or
> brains to do its job.
I think that almost all of the politicians on the national
level are smart enough (with perhaps one very visible
exception!) but they don't because it's not in their best
interests. And on the state and local levels??? Don't get
me started! Especially where I live. :-)
---
Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ
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"You see, telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You
pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los
Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly
the same way: you send signals here, they receive them
there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
A. Einstein
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