Re: Dr Who in the US!

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:58:13 +0000, Steve F
<steveNOSPAMfreestone2005NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:05:16 GMT, lraszewski@xxxxxxxxxx (L. Ross
>Raszewski) wrote:
>
>>No, it's not. The media industry wants you to think it is, and
>>apparantly, with you, they've succeeded. The cops can't arrest you
>>for violating copyright. The shop can't sue you for shoplifting.
>
>You know its amazing how stealing what someone else has paid for, that
>they havent contributed to in anyway, is condoned on this newsgroup.
>
>

How dare you put words in my mouth? Did I condone it? Did I say it
was right? NO.I.DID.NOT.

All I said was that it wasn't *theft*.

It is still a crime. It is still against copyright law. But it is
NOT THEFT.

Suppose someone were murdered and you started shouting "Theif!" at the
murderer. If I say "No, he's not a theif", am I saying murder is
okay? Of course not. So why do so many of you insist that if you
don't believe the LIE that copyright violation is a kind of theft, you
support copyright violation?

Have you actually *LOOKED* at copyright law? NOWHERE in ANY copyright
law I've ever seen is copyright violation called theft, any more than
murder is called theft in any of the laws which forbid it.

Stop putting words in my mouth, and stop trying to use shock tactics
to gain support for your point.

The idea that copyright violation is theft is a FICTION made up by the
media industry. Why? Because if people thought of copyright
infringement in its own terms, they wouldn't support the draconian
measures media producers are taking to protect their intellectual
property. They wouldn't support the egregious limitations being
placed on fair use. They'd rally their legislative representatives to
pass *sensible* copyright laws that actually protect intellectual
property instead of protecting the media conglomerates' attempts to
build new business models to raise infinite money by charging you for
things that have traditionally been free (If they get their way, you'll
have to pay extra to *pause*).

But I don't claim that copyright violation is right or legal. I just
maintain the *truth* -- that whatever it *is* it is *NOT* theft.
.

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