On 14 Jun 2008 23:47:17 -0700, nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Bill Z.)
wrote:
>Mike Vandeman <mjvande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
>> On 13 Jun 2008 23:32:45 -0700, nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Bill Z.)
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Mike Vandeman <mjvande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>> >
>> >> On 13 Jun 2008 18:10:26 -0700, nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Bill Z.)
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Mike Vandeman <mjvande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>> >> >
>> >> >> X-Apparently-To: mjvande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
via 68.142.199.94; Fri, 13
Jun
>> >> >> 2008 11:15:29 -0700
>> >> ><email from someone else posted to newsgroup snipped>
>> >> >
>> >> >You might want to read <http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html>
>> >> >before posting (and therefore publi****ng) email authored by
someone
>> >> >else. You should note that a copyright notice is no longer
>> >> >required and that registration is no longer required:
>> >> >
>> >> > "Notice was required under the 1976 Copyright Act. This
>> >> > requirement was eliminated when the United States adhered
to
>> >> > the Berne Convention, effective March 1, 1989."
>> >>
>> >> The best way to deal with harassment is to make it public. DUH! Did
>> >> you have a valid) point? It's interesting that you would side with
the
>> >> person doing the harassment, rather than the person being
harassed....
>> >
>> >Suggesting that you think about obeying copyright laws is somehow
>> >siding with someone harassing you?
>>
>> Yes, of course. Where and who is the victim? Or are you suggesting
>> that this is a victimless crime? The only victim is ME.
>
>What I'm suggesting is that you obey U.S. laws. Whether you are a
>victim or not is not clear: one funny email sent to you hardly seems
>like harassment in any legal sense. It's not like you were
>threatened. It sounded more like the thank you note some high school
>students in the Bay Area supposedly sent to Fred Phelps - the nut who
>now pickets military funerals - for picketing their play. It made the
>news and the free publicity resulted in them selling out performances!
>
>> Vandeman, you are truly an idiot.
>> >
>> >You could have complied with the law by simply paraphrasing what he
>> >sent you,
>>
>> Then no one would believe me. Besides, it is impossible to paraphrase
>> an insane person's statement.
>
>Why? If they won't trust you to paraphrase what someone sent you, why
>should they not think you made up the whole thing? It's not like there
>was a digital signature on it. Also, if you wanted to send the whole
>thing, you could have asked the copyright owner for permission.
>
>Also, the person who sent you that thing was not insane. He was simply
>a college student (I presume) acting like a wise guy.
>
>> No one knows what it means, including the author. Surely, you must
>> have more im****tant things to do? Oh, I forgot, it's you. Forget I
>> said that. I KNOW you don't have anything better to do.
>
>ROTFLMAO. *You* get caught violating U.S. copyright laws and instead
>of cleaning up your act, you try to attack the messenger. Both of them.
Right. A victimless "crime".
Ignore the more im****tant issue: why are so many mountain bikers
IDIOTS? Does mountain biking cause brain damage? Or do brain damaged
people just tend to like mountain biking, which doesn't challenge
their brains.
--
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years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
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