On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Von Fugal wrote:
> And this leads to my pet peve in this area, no one can tell me what I can
> own, I would be very, _very_ upset if there was a law about what kind of
> analog device I could own. And also, what I do with my own property is
> my business, whether it be that analog device or an ebook or putting my
Too late. Cable TV descramblers are illegal, and it's illegal to use a
scanner to listen to analog cell phone conversations.
> (before any arguments on "owning" the book, the author wrote and published
> the book on the pretense that he would be compensated for the time and
> effort, if nobody gets paid to write books, or make movies, or what have
> you, then there won't be books or movies except where they profit the
> author in other ways such as prestige and recocnition, we certainly
> wouldn't have Lord of the Rings made into a movie, or other really great
> stuff. Boy, that was a little long winded)
This ploy kinda bugs me, but it does seem to have some comedic value here:
(before any arguments on "owning" love, the lover loved on the pretense that
he would be compensated for the time and effort, if nobody gets paid to love
children, or puppies, or what have you, then there won't be loved children or
puppies except where they profit the lover in other ways such as prestige and
recocnition, we certainly wouldn't have loved children loving puppies, or
other really great stuff. Boy, that was a little long winded)
Sorry, we'll need some actual *arguments* next time. (Okay, sure, you did
make half an argument, which is that (some!) authors may presently be working
with expectations of compensation.)
-J
____________________
BYU Unix Users Group
http://uug.byu.edu/
___________________________________________________________________
List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
