"If you didn't pay for it, you've stolen it!"

[Steve Wollkind]

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On Friday 24 October 2003 10:14, Harmon Seaver wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 10:43:22PM -0700, Tim May wrote:
> > TM: the last two paragraphs were of course added by me. But the point
> > is still valid, that much of Hollywood's claims about "illegal
> > listening" are not really any different from "reading without buying"
> > books and magazines in libraries. The more urgent issue is this crap
>
>    Not to mention all the CDs and movies available in libraries. What's the
> difference in borrowing CDs from a library and taking them home and taping
> or mp3ing them and getting them from the net?

There's no difference....both are illegal.  It's just much easier to catch
people who leave a trail by downloading files than people who legally check a
disc out of a library and then illegally copy it in the privacy of their own
home.

Steve

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