Re: Snivelling Turlettes

[Quantum_Cat <quantum@N-o_S-p-a-m-cotse.com>]

Hiya, Arkain,

 *>QC, my turn. Y'mind turning off the insult engine long enough to
 *>answer a few questions?

Maybe.  ;)
 
*snip*

 *>> Well.  You may have a point.  And when the copyright holders
 *>contact me to have > me halt my crusade, I'll reconsider. >
 *>> Do you honestly think they will?  LOL!

 *>No. I don't think that the copyight holders will stop you. Then
 *>again, if you didn't report to the ISP's, I don't believe that many
 *>of the old copyright holders would bother to stop the "pirates"
 *>either.

Well, suppose ONE would.  That's all it takes, dude.  But then your beliefs 
hardly hold as US criminal and civil code.  Surely you know that?

 *>How do you know that the copyright holders even care about these old
 *>copyrights?

I know a few developers who have expressed their displeasure.  That's enough for 
me.   How many would be enough for you?

 *>By what right do you act in the capacity of the SPA?

Why, by exactly the same rights THEY have to act in their own capacity.  It's a 
free country.  Please try to think a little before asking questions, Arkain.  If 
you get too infantile, I'll just ignore you.

 *>I've also got a hypothetical question for you. Suppose we lived
 *>across the street from each other. Suppose I were the type to
 *>normally leave my garage door open, exposing my yard tools to the
 *>view of everyone. Suppose I had an old fashioned push mower that
 
Believable.  Not smart, but believable.

 *>you'd constantly see someone stealing. Suppose that after alerting

OK... Now it's unbelievable.  Impossible to have a mower that is constantly 
stolen.  Now you can steal it once, but then it's gone.  ;)

 *>me to the problem, I make no attempt to protect my property. Do you
 *>then take it upon yourself to call the police for me?

Sure.  I don't like thieves in my neighborhood, so I'd call them to defend my own 
property.

 *>I submit to you that this is exactly what you're doing when you
 *>alert an ISP about a violation without the violated entity's
 *>permission. While I'm sure I'd appreciate the sentiment, I'd also be
 *>equally irritated about you sticking your nose where it didn't
 *>belong. 

I know my actions irritate you, Arkain.  I don't care.  

 *>What you might be missing in all this is that I may have a
 *>reason for letting this person or persons steal my property. Though
 *>the reasoning may be beyond you, it is not on you to stop an action
 *>against me that I myself choose not to stop.

Perhaps, but faultily constructed analogies are hardly convincing.  And of 
course, you can always tell me to stop if you are in the position of owning a 
perpetually stolen mower or a copyright.  ;)

 *>Everything in life is a choice. Even inaction is the result of
 *>choosing not to act.

And I chose to not not act.  ;)

 *>R. King

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Quantum_Cat