Enough about the Music Nazis So how about Mandrake what a great OPEN SOURCE operating system that we all love.
No Copyright Problems here. Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "HaywireMac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] This is just sickening > On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 17:42:56 +0100 > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > Don't want to start a war, but obtaining something with due payment is > > > > theft. > > I'm assuming you meant "without". ;-) > > Not under *copyright law*. As I said, photocopying a book in the library > is *not* theft, it is a copyright violation, the same way copying or > downloading a song without buying the CD is not theft. > > Theft is a criminal offense, punishable by criminal sanctions in a > criminal court. Copying someone else's material, be it a book, CD, > painting, what have you, is not a criminal offense, it is an actionable > civil matter, for a civil court, between a plaintiff and a defendant, > not between the State, the Crown, the People, however it is defined in > your jurisdiction. Doubt me? Ask a lawyer. > > -- > HaywireMac > Registered Linux user #282046 > Homepage: nodex.sytes.net > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > I have seen the future and it is just like the present, only longer. > -- Kehlog Albran, "The Profit" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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