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Re: Archiving old magazines on website



In article <404E4AF9.613390A7@comcast.net>,
Charles Richmond  <richmond@nospam.plano.net> wrote:
>John Burns wrote:
>> 
>> I don't know if this is stricly true personally I feel it is due to the
>> Internet's rise and the subsequent proliferation of copyright theft which has
>> led to much more publicity being given to the issue. Especially when involving
>> the music /movie industry which has always been pretty pro-active in 
>> prosecuting and protecting its assets. As has been stated most copyright 
>> theft still isn't prosecuted.
>>
>The emphasis I wanted to place...was that breaking copyright
>laws is becoming simpler every day. With the internet, CD burners,
>DVD burners, computers, digital cameras, et al, ISTM that holding
>the line on "copyright theft" is getting very difficult. 

Ain't no such thing as "copyright theft", except in the eyes of Jack
Valenti and the judge who wrote the now-overturned Verizon ruling
(who just dictated Jack's argument).  The real animal is called
copyright infringement.
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                            mrussotto@speakeasy.net
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."  But extreme restriction of liberty in pursuit of 
a modicum of security is a very expensive vice.