Re: Wishing You Endless Vistas of Microsoft Joy in the New Year

In article <npk7q2pgeg24dnnmba75gskfm27s1kdl9j@xxxxxxx>,
Lionel <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:47:15 -0500, "Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz"
<spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I consider it to be more immoral to contribute to the coffers of those
who promote DRM than to obtain an illicit copy.

Ditto. In fact, I consider the latter act to be a legitimate act of
civil disobedience &/or political protest.

But I feel there's a moral requirement to at least attempt to
compensate the artist (buying a ticket to his show counts).

Seth
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