--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > > > ShempMcGurk wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Coming from the guy who has bragged about having > > > > > run a porn website for a noted crime family, this > > > > > is pretty funny. :-) > > > > > > > > Are you not the least bit afraid that your thievery that > > > > you so blatantly brag about so often on this forum could > > > > not just as easily be prosecuted by the authorities? > > > > > > He is somewhat in danger of being selected to make an > > > example of since Spain would rather prosecute a foreign > > > expatriate as that would cause less public concern than > > > arresting a Spaniard. I do watch what authorities around > > > the world are doing with regard to piracy and Spain is > > > under pressure to step up enforcement. > > > > You're not watching very *well* if you're watching. :-) > > Spain announced very publicly that it would never > > again allow prosecution of individuals for pirating > > media for their own use. They found that such cases > > were clogging the Spanish courts and costing its > > legal system a fortune, and all to profit some > > greedy fucks in the US movie and music industry. > > So they told the greedy fucks to fuck off. > > > > I wouldn't be surprised if the RIAA and the people > > that Spain told *to* fuck off weren't trying to > > pressure the country into reversing its stance, but > > that just isn't going to happen. Too large a percen- > > tage of the population downloads for their own > > enjoyment, never for resale, and Spain doesn't have > > the police budget or the legal staff or, for that > > matter, the inclination to go after them. They might > > occasionally prosecute the commercial counterfeiters, > > but the decision as to whether to ever prosecute any- > > one for downloading for private use is a done deal. > > > > That's just not on the table for being re-examined, > > no more than the similar decision to allow anyone > > who wants to to grow up to four pot plants for their > > own use is on the table for being re-examined. The > > horse is out of the barn, decriminalizing both > > actions, and no matter how much Americans or others > > want Spain to change, it's just not gonna happen. > > > > So dream on, you who live in the land of the free > > and the home of the terrified. :-) > > > > > As with most things Barry writes, this doesn't pass the smell test. >
Shemp, You know how reluctant I am to agree with you on many fronts, and, sigh, once again, once again. Gotta say it; I think Barry has passed a smell and tested us pretty consistently. Edg
