Re: Archiving old magazines on website

["John Burns" <joobs@grizo.free-onlineNOJUNK.co.uk>]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 19:42:46 GMT, Pheuque wrote:

> On 10 Mar 2004 01:31:26 +0100, "John Burns"
> <joobs@grizo.free-onlineNOJUNK.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> >Fair enough but that doesn't mean the law itself is wrong just those who abuse
> >it for their own intent (holder or pirate). Copyright Law by and large still
> >retains its original intent to protect the IP of the originator.
> 
> 
> IMHO, any Law that CAN be abused is wrong.  In computer terms, the Law is
> the Code which Society run on. If you right sloppy code for a computer it
> will slow down and crash. If you write sloppy Law for a soiciety it too will
> slow down and crash.

I don't think I implied that the Law was perfect but that doesn't mean it is
wrong only that it could be improved. As for your analogy with computer code
that is flawed since the computer is forced to execute the code, people of
course decide for themselves whether to obey the code of law. And do bear in
mind that if laws were updated as often as computer code then the legal system
would doubtless collapse due to no-one being able to keep up with all the
changes.