Re: A time for action...

[Greg Buchner <nobody@wavetech.net>]

In article <3980AA65.422F2F67@inetnebr.com>, Roy and/or Janet Miller 
<millers@inetnebr.com> wrote:

> Rubywand wrote:
> 
> >
> > The truth is that you invent laws which do not exist and seek to 
> > convince new users that they are engaging in illegal actions.
> 
> Oh come on, this is really getting silly now. Copyright is not a fantasy 
> law, violation of it above a certain level brings the attention of the FBI, 
> below that
> requires the eternal vigilance of the copyright owners. But whether you 
> are tried
> in criminal court, or civil court, the out come still is determined by 
> did you or
> did you not violate the copyright. It is illegal to do that. Because 
> there is a
> law, not one "invented" by those you call "vogons," but by the 
> legislature of this
> nation, and upheld by treaty with many other nations. Regardless of 
> criminal prosecution or not. Even more important than the law, is the 
> ethical/moral element
> that the law seeks to codify. It is wrong to take that which isn't yours, 
> even if you intend to just give it away.

It all seems to be part of the patented RubyLogic(tm).  If you break the
law, but say that you don't, you didn't acutally commit a crime.

I was speeding today.  I broke a law.  Am I being punished for it?  No.
Why?  Because everyone who noticed didn't care.  But I still broke the
law.

Greg B.
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