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Message-ID: <89235C27-A1CC-11D7-9A94-00039382D0E0@uia.net> From: wes at uia.net (Wes Zuber) Subject: Destroying PCs remotely? Hi William, you would be wrong about that. The Senator writes music and I can only guess that this is the reason for his emotion on the issue. Thanks, --Wes On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 11:30 AM, William D. Colburn (aka Schlake) wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 12:29:09PM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote: >> bill, he was bitching about people doing something illegal that he >> personally disagrees with, and that has a potential direct effect on >> him >> since he holds some copyrights. > > I bet he doesn't hold a single copyright to any of his music. > Copyright > exists to protect the artist, but the artist can't get published unless > he gives up his copyright to a corporation. > > I don't think people should steal music, and I don't lend CDs to people > who I know will rip the tracks, but neither do I believe that the > arists > have any say in copyright policy since they gave theirs up, nor do I > believe that the corporation which bought the copyright is entitled to > any of the protections that were meant for the artist. > > The whole copyright battle as portrayed in the media is a bunch of > posturing and rhetoric that is trying to convince people to abandon our > existing parasigm that popular culture is "public property" of the > society, and not restricted commercial property. > > -- > William Colburn, "Sysprog" <wcolburn@....edu> > Computer Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology > http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/ http://www.nmt.edu/~wcolburn > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html >
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