-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 - -- Steve Wollkind 810 C San Pedro [EMAIL PROTECTED] College Station, TX 77845 http://njord.org/~steve 979.575.2948 - -- The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. -- Harlan Ellison -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mUxP0uexoyuzySARArjAAJ93lhUZcDogLhWpH9/TsMdz4x4hDgCfYbom ZFUggCCKfNTZ07FdlXPCwyw= =rddG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----