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to: Roy Witt
from: Michiel van der Vlist
date: 2006-06-13 06:53:00
subject: CopyRight Ownership Arguement

Hello Roy.

12 Jun 06 13:18, you wrote to Nathan Prugh:

 WD>> And let's be fair about this, the whole discussion is not about
 WD>> "copyright" but about people trying to make a mockery of other
 WD>> people based on their presumed superior language skills.
 WD>> "Copyright" is just the tool, not the goal, it could
very well be
 WD>> any other topic.

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

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

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

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

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

Michiel

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