I think the key here is "personal gain". NO gain, no breaky the rules.
.........bc AG4YQ Williamsburg, VA On Sat, 5 Feb 2005, fly1milehi wrote: > > Jim > I STRONGLY disagree with your argument that its "basically" okay to > copy plans and designs that are copyrighted materials!!! > > I can garauntee you that if you copy plans, artwork, text, (ie. right > click and save it to your hard drive, then use the same material to > advance your personal wealth that you have broken a federal law! Its > just that simple, its not whether you really do much damage. IT's IF > YOU DO ANY DAMAGE! How about if you copy a helicopter blade..... buy a > new set, mold your own and then sell reproductions from you molds? Gee > do you think because you might only sell a dozen or so that its okay? > How about the same helicopter blade example but this time your "not > hurting anyone copy" comes apart on someones heli in flight and I dont > know lets say....... KILLS someone!!! Hope you're not attached to your > home/business/life insurance/inheiritance/life savings because I can > assure you if it was me I would be looking you up!!! > > Get a clue!. Copying is the same as STEALING!! If it isnt yours, its > not yours to sell to your friends and give to your neighbors!!! > Remember NAPSTER? > > SoapBox YES! > Personal vendetta against you NO! > Just needs to be pointed out that "im not hurting anything by cheating > a big company out of a sale is STEALING" > Greg > > > -- > fly1milehi > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > fly1milehi's Profile: > http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=47296 > View this thread: > http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=331663 > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and > "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and > unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. > Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in > text format > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
