Linus is making a rhetorical argument against Darl's ridiculous interpretation. He is not interpretting the law and critizing him in an attempt to make yourself some sort of copyright expert is pathetic.
It is an argument designed to make a point (that Darl's own arguments arent even internally consistent) - and it does it quite well
What the music industry doesnt get is they dont sell music they sell CONVENIENCE. People dont need an industry for music - before there was an industry people learned to play instruments! Then someone figured out it was easier to get a machine to play consistently then a man - so they invented player pianos (and an industry was born); then Edison invented records because it was easier to lug a record player than a piano (or an ochestra), 45's b/c some people only wanted one song, 8-track b/c records dont play in a car, cassette, b/c 8 track sucked, CD's for all the above reason plus fidelity AND THEN NOTHING... b/c the music industry forgot that we dont need them for music we need them for convienience
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Linus is making a rhetorical argument against Darl's ridiculous interpretation. He is not interpretting the law and critizing him in an attempt to make yourself some sort of copyright expert is pathetic.
It is an argument designed to make a point (that Darl's own arguments arent even internally consistent) - and it does it quite well
What the music industry doesnt get is they dont sell music they sell CONVENIENCE. People dont need an industry for music - before there was an industry people learned to play instruments! Then someone figured out it was easier to get a machine to play consistently then a man - so they invented player pianos (and an industry was born); then Edison invented records because it was easier to lug a record player than a piano (or an ochestra), 45's b/c some people only wanted one song, 8-track b/c records dont play in a car, cassette, b/c 8 track sucked, CD's for all the above reason plus fidelity AND THEN NOTHING... b/c the music industry forgot that we dont need them for music we need them for convienience