So, if the copyright holder downloads HIS material from my system, what infringment has taken place? He certainly has the right to obtain his own material.
I think this business about file sharing is a smoke screen. The real goal of the RIAA is to eliminate copyable digital media. They have realized that with the current situtation thay can never again resell music when a new medium becomes popular. How many people first bought music on a 78, then on a 33 or 45, then on 8 track, then cassette and finally on CD. When they first published on CD they had no idea that the public would be able to make CDs too. They are using any excuse they can to recover from that mistake.
I was home that day. Out of work (since resolved, thanks), and had the day to watch tv. I remember the estimates, 50K, 20K, 10K, 5K. A tremendous number of lives were saved that day. I wonder just how many did escape murder.
What I remember most was coverage from the middle east. There was dancing and celebration in the streets. Egypt, Saudi, Palestine, Jordan. Syria. People dancing and burning US flags. I only saw it that day. Since, it has never been mentioned again. No replays, no follow-ups. Obvious censorship, after all, some of those countries were our friends, they never did that.
How about we try to fight this their way? Someone out there with the skills could set up a website to accept PayPal or other forms of donations. Each donation can be earmarked for a particular cause, repelling the DMCA, supporting "good guy" politicians, maybe hiring lobbyist. Post the current concerns and tabulate how many people support those actions. Find a way to make it open and honest so the politicians know we are talking real numbers.
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no need to get all rusty at that other place.
Since when do we need permits to grow crops in the US?
IIRC, I-N are Intiger unless declared real, therefor, Magic is Integer unless declared Real.
FWIW, fdisk /mbr only rewrites your master boot record, not the partition. Unless he installed an mbr virus it will not accomplish what you think.
So, if the copyright holder downloads HIS material from my system, what infringment has taken place? He certainly has the right to obtain his own material.
I think this business about file sharing is a smoke screen. The real goal of the RIAA is to eliminate copyable digital media. They have realized that with the current situtation thay can never again resell music when a new medium becomes popular. How many people first bought music on a 78, then on a 33 or 45, then on 8 track, then cassette and finally on CD. When they first published on CD they had no idea that the public would be able to make CDs too. They are using any excuse they can to recover from that mistake.
I was home that day. Out of work (since resolved, thanks), and had the day to watch tv. I remember the estimates, 50K, 20K, 10K, 5K. A tremendous number of lives were saved that day. I wonder just how many did escape murder.
What I remember most was coverage from the middle east. There was dancing and celebration in the streets. Egypt, Saudi, Palestine, Jordan. Syria. People dancing and burning US flags. I only saw it that day. Since, it has never been mentioned again. No replays, no follow-ups. Obvious censorship, after all, some of those countries were our friends, they never did that.
I remember.
Tom Beard
ThomasRBeard@softhome.net
How about we try to fight this their way?
Someone out there with the skills could set up a website to accept PayPal or other forms of donations. Each donation can be earmarked for a particular cause, repelling the DMCA, supporting "good guy" politicians, maybe hiring lobbyist. Post the current concerns and tabulate how many people support those actions. Find a way to make it open and honest so the politicians know we are talking real numbers.
You never know, it just might work.
So, who would you rather nail^H^H^H^H "Coor With", Sara Moulton or Rachael Ray?