Re: Net piracy?

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <304maa$e23@crl4.crl.com> dkl@crl.com (David K. Leikam) writes:
>  re: Lost classics, piracy, etc.
>
>
>  Amen, bro.  Copyright is an equitable procedure, not a legal one. For 
>those who don't know the difference, please shut up and go learn.
>
>  Copyright exists only insofar as someone is there to complain about 
>violations. No complaint, no violation, and no copyright. It's just that 
>simple.  See previous paragraph.
>
>  The "Theft is theft, plain and simple" argument strikes me as moronic. 
>(I hope I'm really offending somebody, here.)  I have this friend who 

It's offending me quite a bit.  A is A.  Calling something by a pretty
18-letter name doesn't change the fact that it's theft, and it's
illegal, and a lot of other things.  

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Ian Schmidt / irsman@iastate.edu / irsman@cs.iastate.edu / BAZ IS RIGHT!!!