Re: Why Is the Supply of IDIOT Mountain Bikers ENDLESS???

On 21 Jun 2008 12:50:54 -0700, nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Bill Z.)
wrote:

>Mike Vandeman <mjvande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
>> On 20 Jun 2008 14:15:16 -0700, nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Bill Z.)
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >Mike Vandeman <mjvande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>> >
>> >> >> Right. A victimless "crime".
>> >> >
>> >> >Not true - if the author decided to publish the email he sent you
in a
>> >> >mountain-biking magazine (for example), having it appear first on
>> >> >usenet would reduce the interest the magazine would have in it.  So
>> >> >you did violate the law in a way that could hurt someone
economically,
>> >> >at least in principle.
>> >> 
>> >> Not in reality, where most of us live. Show us the marketable part
of
>> >> that email! This should be good!
>> >
>> >Irrelevant - you claimed that copyright infringement was a victimless
>> >crime and it clearly isn't.
>> 
>> If the email isn't marketable, then he hasn't been victimized. I've
>> taken nothing of value. On the contrary, it is WORTHLESS. Hence the
>> only victim is ME.
>
>If you break into a car and steal a radio from it, you've committed a
>crime even if the radio is broken and not reparable, and hence
>worthless.

WRONG. I would have done him a FAVOR to remove that trash -- a
victimless crime.
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