I believe that when Dr. King wrote in "Letter from Birmingham Jail" that people should do what it takes to combat "unjust laws," he didn't give a rat's ass whether it was about segregation or watching movies. An unjust law is an unjust law:
"You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws. This is certainly a legitimate concern. Since we so diligently urge people to obey the Supreme Court's decision of 1954 outlawing segregation in the public schools, at first glance it may seem rather paradoxical for us consciously to break laws. One may well ask: 'How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?' The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.'" Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Letter from Birmingham Jail" 16 April 1963
It might be a good thing this is going to court because there are issues that need sorting out
That's the point of the article tho'. It is already in court. Metallica is just clouding the issue by jumping on the "me too" bandwagon before the suit with RIAA is over. And yes, I would buy a cd even though I can download the mp3s, I do it all the time.
This isn't a "freedom" issue it's a copyright issue
Yes, it is a "freedom" issue when you consider that Napster can be used for more than transferring music, and that if they're going to stop the ability to transfer music across the Internet, then they're going to have to get rid of FTP and a whole host of other things.
Oh, and Lars, you're a suck-ass drummer and you haven't had a good album since "Justice."
How is this any different than how most ISPs in the US would react? I've seen countless websites taken down because someone didn't like what was on it. As far as I can tell, this is par for the couse for most ISPs looking to protect their neck.
that's a good idea, let's just post funnier april fools jokes from around the web. if you're a kevin smith fan, News Askew has a good one. their one last year was good too.
Ah, the most worthless argument in the United States as far as I'm concerned. Is that what the USA was founded on? Guess what? If I don't like it, I'll change it, thank you very much, Spanky. Go read the Declaration of Independence again, Mr. America, because when they felt that they were being done wrong, they changed it, they didn't accept it and "deal with it, and stop whining". I agree, it *is* people like you with the "put up or shut up" attitude that really suck up this country.
But is junkmail illegal? I personally have more of a problem with getting paper junkmail which takes more time to dispose of as I attempt to be a good recycler...all I have to do is hit the delete key in my inbox, but I have to drive to the recycling center with all my paper as I do not have curbside services. Why is there no law against sending this crap to my house, taking up space in my mailbox, wasting my time just the same as electronic spam? Because that would be silly. There are many ways to deal with spam on your own rather than getting the gov. and courts involved.
Slashdot Mirror
I have alerted the estate of Gilda Radner of your patent infringement on her SNL news routine.
Thank you and have a nice day.
alternative tentacles
wrong records
jello biafra and nomeansno say fuck riaa!
the pci card won't run the new version of seti@home mainly because it's a bunch of buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuulllllllllllllllshiiiitt.
I believe that when Dr. King wrote in "Letter from Birmingham Jail" that people should do what it takes to combat "unjust laws," he didn't give a rat's ass whether it was about segregation or watching movies. An unjust law is an unjust law:
"You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws. This is certainly a legitimate concern. Since we so diligently urge people to obey the Supreme Court's decision of 1954 outlawing segregation in the public schools, at first glance it may seem rather paradoxical for us consciously to break laws. One may well ask: 'How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?' The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.'"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Letter from Birmingham Jail" 16 April 1963
we need .cum for all the porn sites.
can you please pinpoint the exact moment when you changed from rock musicians to camera ready rock stars?
THANX!
Metallica,
Please compile a list of people who have made mix tapes with your songs on it and we can drastically increase the number of kids we can sue.
Thnx,
Howard King
It might be a good thing this is going to court because there are issues that need sorting out
That's the point of the article tho'. It is already in court. Metallica is just clouding the issue by jumping on the "me too" bandwagon before the suit with RIAA is over. And yes, I would buy a cd even though I can download the mp3s, I do it all the time.
This isn't a "freedom" issue it's a copyright issue
Yes, it is a "freedom" issue when you consider that Napster can be used for more than transferring music, and that if they're going to stop the ability to transfer music across the Internet, then they're going to have to get rid of FTP and a whole host of other things.
Oh, and Lars, you're a suck-ass drummer and you haven't had a good album since "Justice."
How is this any different than how most ISPs in the US would react? I've seen countless websites taken down because someone didn't like what was on it. As far as I can tell, this is par for the couse for most ISPs looking to protect their neck.
don'tcha think?
"I'm not an anarchist, but..."
;) don't know if it was intentional or not.
good one emmett
don't have anything important to say, but i enjoyed the combined rantings of both emmett and mr. lydon.
that's a good idea, let's just post funnier april fools jokes from around the web. if you're a kevin smith fan, News Askew has a good one. their one last year was good too.
If you don't like it, move to another country.
Ah, the most worthless argument in the United States as far as I'm concerned. Is that what the USA was founded on?
Guess what? If I don't like it, I'll change it, thank you very much, Spanky.
Go read the Declaration of Independence again, Mr. America, because when they felt that they were being done wrong, they changed it, they didn't accept it and "deal with it, and stop whining".
I agree, it *is* people like you with the "put up or shut up" attitude that really suck up this country.
But is junkmail illegal? I personally have more of a problem with getting paper junkmail which takes more time to dispose of as I attempt to be a good recycler...all I have to do is hit the delete key in my inbox, but I have to drive to the recycling center with all my paper as I do not have curbside services. Why is there no law against sending this crap to my house, taking up space in my mailbox, wasting my time just the same as electronic spam? Because that would be silly. There are many ways to deal with spam on your own rather than getting the gov. and courts involved.