Hello Roy.

13 Jun 06 12:31, you wrote to me:

 RW>>> The whole thing stems from the fact that one person, the
 RW>>> Fidonews editor and some of his cronies in Z2, Ward included,
 RW>>> are allowing or have allowed copyright material made available
 RW>>> on thier websites, which is a violation of the copyrights as
 RW>>> filed under US law.

 MvdV>> They are not US citizens and they do not reside in the US.
 MvdV>> Hence they are not subject to US law.

 RW> That isn't what this past weeks actions by the Svedish police seem to
 RW> indicate.

Operative word: "seems". Looks can be deceptive.

 MvdV>> So we are back to attempting to impose US laws and US moral
 MvdV>> values on others.

 RW> You have nobody to blame for that but your own government(s); those
 RW> who've signed treaties with the US government that enforce US
 RW> copyright law.

Bullshit.

 RW>>> A dollar gets you a donut if they don't all use pirated software
 RW>>> on their personal computers too.

 MvdV>> Which - if it were true, which it is not - is still none of
 MvdV>> your business.

 RW> I make it my business, and have for at least 25 years now.

What citicens of other countries do in their own country is none of your bussines.

 RW> BTW, Microsoft has just implemented a facist method of finding out
 RW> these things by opening a website where one can report such things to
 RW> them. They'll even go after unlicensed Windows 95/98 users, even
 RW> though they don't support that OS anymore. I think the nearest
 RW> reporting station to you is located in Germany.

I wish them good luck. Snitching is not very popular in Germany.


Michiel

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