Gene Ward Smith
12-19-2007, 03:56 PM
On Dec 18, 8:15 pm, Sea Wasp <seawaspObvi...@sgeObviousinc.com> wrote:
> This does NOT mean that it's *RIGHT* for you to go and copy and
> download and distribute my stuff without my (or my
> agent/publisher/etc.'s) permission. It's wrong. It's rude. It's the
> mark of an uncivilized barbarian.
Does that mean it is wrong to buy a used Garth Brooks record, over the
objections of Garth Brooks? Or is it the law which defines what is
right or wrong? In that case, were all forms of sexual activity aside
from missionary position between married people wrong until relatively
recently?
Sea Wasp
12-20-2007, 12:31 AM
Gene Ward Smith wrote:
> On Dec 18, 8:15 pm, Sea Wasp <seawaspObvi...@sgeObviousinc.com> wrote:
>
>
>> This does NOT mean that it's *RIGHT* for you to go and copy and
>>download and distribute my stuff without my (or my
>>agent/publisher/etc.'s) permission. It's wrong. It's rude. It's the
>>mark of an uncivilized barbarian.
>
>
> Does that mean it is wrong to buy a used Garth Brooks record, over the
> objections of Garth Brooks?
No, that's Garth being stupid. If I BUY your record, I have the right
to SELL that record.
What I DON'T have is the right to make COPIES of the record and give
them away or sell them.
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Jasper Janssen
12-29-2007, 01:08 PM
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:31:06 -0500, Sea Wasp
<seawaspObvious@sgeObviousinc.com> wrote:
>Gene Ward Smith wrote:
>> On Dec 18, 8:15 pm, Sea Wasp <seawaspObvi...@sgeObviousinc.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> This does NOT mean that it's *RIGHT* for you to go and copy and
>>>download and distribute my stuff without my (or my
>>>agent/publisher/etc.'s) permission. It's wrong. It's rude. It's the
>>>mark of an uncivilized barbarian.
>>
>>
>> Does that mean it is wrong to buy a used Garth Brooks record, over the
>> objections of Garth Brooks?
>
> No, that's Garth being stupid. If I BUY your record, I have the right
>to SELL that record.
>
> What I DON'T have is the right to make COPIES of the record and give
>them away or sell them.
In my local jurisdiction, I have the right to loan you the record and you
then have the right to make a copy for your own use. Legally.
I also have the right to download a copy off the internet, legally. I' m
just not allowed to upload, so peer-to-peer is a no-no.
Jasper
Gene Ward Smith
12-29-2007, 05:43 PM
On Dec 29, 10:08 am, Jasper Janssen <jas...@jjanssen.org> wrote:
> In my local jurisdiction, I have the right to loan you the record and you
> then have the right to make a copy for your own use. Legally.
>
> I also have the right to download a copy off the internet, legally. I' m
> just not allowed to upload, so peer-to-peer is a no-no.
I see the very things I was treated as a lunatic for suggesting people
should have a right to do are legal in some jurisdictions.