On 21 Jun 2008 23:57:09 -0700, nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Bill Z.)
wrote:
>Mike Vandeman <mjvande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
>Run that one past a judge. Or better yet, try it as an experiment,
>repeating enough times to get cought. My guess is that we might be
>spared from your presense on usenet for some time.
I know that mountain bikers would LOVE for me to stop telling the
truth about their selfish, destructive, disgusting s****t, but it isn't
going to happen, and my postings to the newsgroups will be around
forever, even after I'm gone, to carry on my message. What's YOUR
excuse for living?
--
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are
fond of!
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
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