Re: [linux-audio-user] so.... u wish to hear something completely horrible

From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@email-addr-hidden-job.com>
Date: Wed Aug 16 2006 - 23:34:48 EEST

On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 14:51 -0400, Rob wrote:
> On Wed August 16 2006 14:30, Lee Revell wrote:
> > Well, I happen to think the law is correct and logical in this
> > case. My creations are my property, and I should have the
> > same right to make a living by selling them as a sculptor or a
> > baker or a carpenter does. Copying my creations without my
> > permission denies me the right to make a living by selling my
> > creations, in exactly the same way that theft deprives a maker
> > of physical objects of that right.
>
> It's true that copyright holders managed to get the laws changed
> in most places to fit what they would like reality to be, but
> reality remains unchanged. Copying is still just copying, not
> moving.

By "managed to get the laws changed" are you referring to the US
constitution? English common law from the 18th century?

Copyright didn't start with the DMCA you know...

Lee
Received on Thu Aug 17 00:15:06 2006

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