Re: Snivelling Turlettes

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Arkain wrote:

> The point of that somewhat loosely constructed example was that if I don't
> press charges, there's nothing more the police can do. That means that you
> have 2 choices left... either wash your hands of the situation or try to
> stop the thief yourself. You've been choosing the latter. The only problem
> is that in doing so, you've violated my rights, the rights of the
> thief(ironic, isn't it), and a hand full of laws regarding vigilantes.

To do what QC and/or his friends have done is not a violation of anyone's right.
And certainly not a violation of the thief's "right to steal". To tell an ISP
that a cite has copyrighted software for download without the copyright owner's
permission is perfectly legal. What happens after that is between those who are
"downstream" and those who are "upsteam."

Roy