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(Sep 29, 2005 - 1:49 AM)
"An author writes a brillant new book, wonderful story. I go and photocopy and OCR the entire book, then paste the contents into a document and post it on the internet for all to read. By your argument I've done nothing wrong having only made a "copy". However since everyone can now go read the book without buying it, sales splummet and the author makes no money for the months or even years spent writing the book and the expenditure of all their brilliant ingenuity. Now the author decides to say the hell with this and never writes the sequel."
Have you ever heard of a LIBRARY??? People of an UNLIMITED number can go there, and read the book without buying it. The author has sold ONE copy, and an unlimited number of people can read it. What's the difference????
(Sep 29, 2005 - 12:56 AM)
The court's ruling was ludicrous. Can the phone company be held liable because people can use the phone to commit crimes? We have the finest government MONEY CAN BUY!!!