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MGM Concedes Some Fair-Use Rights Exist
jambarama writes "MGM seems to have given a little in the Grokster case. After getting
nailed on the possible implications of banning P2P software, they've now admitted
it is perfectly legal to rip one's own CD and store it. Is this a return to the stripped down 'fair use' rights or a temporary court concession?"
... is righ on! The MGM folks are completely righ in saying this. Oh, and I'm quite fond of righ bread, er, rye bread.
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Thank god someone paid attention in poly sci class..
TimeOday is absolutly correct!
For all thouse that think the goverment gives us rights and not vice versa, please read this:
"The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. "
One more time....
"that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights....."
Thats right folks God (Alah,Jehovia,Buddah, or the door knob you worship) gave us rights.... not the goverment.... We give the goverment rights....
"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"
Yes you read that correct the right of the people to abolish or change a goverment that doesn't follow Our will is written into the document. A safty valve if things go horribly wrong since remember they were escaping from a tyrranical goverment and didn't want the same thing to happen here....
dp
"(I) have this unfortunate condition that causes me not to believe a single thing any politician says when a mic's on.
pardon my french, but in all honesty FUCK every large corporation. all they are after is our money (duh) so why should we feel ANY sympathy towards them? they dont care if we live, die, are happy or sad. if it makes us happy to coppy cds and hand them out to (or sell!) our friends then SO BE IT!
i will never feel bad for buying a cd, then doing whatever the hell i please with it. this goes for DVDs, software, anything that i BUY with my own money, and i will never feel like a theif for doing so.
think about this, pharmeceutical companies are a business. they dont CARE about curing people, they care about you buying their drugs.
you think if they had a cure for cancer, or, how about a not-so-sensitive condition, herpes.
you think if they had a cure for herpes they would be quick to sell it?
"here, take THIS medication once and never have to buy it from us again, or take THIS medication for the rest of your life, paying us all the while..."
screw them.