13 Jun 06 22:37, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Roy Witt:

 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
 RW>> to indicate.
 MvdV> Operative word: "seems". Looks can be deceptive.

Yes, they could have been looking for ice cream, but I don't think so.

 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.
 MvdV> Bullshit.

Just because you can't handle the truth, doesn't make it 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.
 MvdV> What citicens of other countries do in their own country is none of
 MvdV> your bussines.

I don't care what you think about it.

 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
 RW>> to 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.

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

It's becoming more popular as we speak.


Roy
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