Re: Ancient wares and present values

["Quantum_Cat" <anonymous@cotse.com>]

Hiya, Paul


Frank Townsend <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote

 *>> Sure, one can draw that conclusion, but it is somewhat 
irrelevant to the
 *>> issue of property rights that I was addressing, and is 
not how copyright
 *>  law operates.


Ah, Frank.  Keep in mind you're talking to morally bankrupt 
losers here.  :)

 *>> The initial post by Flaymerz premised the opinion that 
there is no
 *>> financial
 *>> loss on the assertion that L&S Computerware is out of 
business.  But that
 *>> assertion clouds the fact that the assets of L&S (no 
doubt including any
 *>> intellectual property) are owned by another firm which 
is very much *in*
 *>> business.
 *>>
 *>> Thus, finders keepers does not apply, any more than it 
would with any
 *>> other type of property that an owner possesses.
 *>>
 *>> It is also misleading to maintain that lack of value 
defeats intellectual
 *>> property rights.  It only limits potential damages.
 *>>

Well, shucks... That shoots RosyWankers thesis right out of 
the water.  The poor Turlette.

Oh, Goody.  Now Paul enlightens us with:

 *>Rather than wasting bandwidth and cluttering up CSA2 with 
this drivel, why
 *>not do us all a favor and head for your public library? 

Oh.. I've got a good one.  Rather than wasting bandwidth and 
cluttering up CSA2 with this drivel, Paul, Why don't you head 
to McDonalds and try bobbing for french fries.  ;)

 *>There you'll find a copy machine. Just park your butt in a 
chair next to it,
 *>and you can object to copyright infringement from opening 
to closing time. 

What a goofy little straw man you've built here, Paul.  One 
could indeed object if someone would be there copying off 
entire books, but the copyright laws allows for excerpts to 
be used for educational or other purposes.

Or did you actually think this was something clever on your 
part?

 *>Think of how much happier you'll be. If your specialty is 
software
 *>copyrights, how about a computer show? Make yourself a 
badge and accost
 *>software vendors selling dubious cdroms. It's a safe bet 
that there is more
 *>copyright infringement of, say, Win98 every 5 minutes than 
there is in 5
 *>years of A2 software of all types.

Ah, but the pirate scum is playing in OUR community, Paul.  
Those Windows users can take care of their own.

And some of us are quite happy shovelling Turlette trash off 
of the truth.  If you don't like it... Heck, take up nude 
skydiving.

 *>But in any case, please stop wasting everyone's time with 
pedantic,
 *>irrelevant dreck.  No one is going to pay the slightest 
heed to it.

Well, if you insist on proclaiming you're a "no one", I won't 
object, but I certainly thought Frank's points punctured your 
pathetic pirate prattle.  ;)

-Paul

Vogons For a Turlette Free Apple II Community!

Quantum_Cat