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Re: Would like to know
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lugnet.publish
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Fri, 27 Dec 2002 22:36:52 GMT
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"Erick" <erick_jensen@hotmail.com> writes:
> > I wonder... is that legal?
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> Legal? can I get a hell no!! HELL NO!! But then who's gonna know? Guess
> what, if you taped Friends of tv or dubbed a copy of Austin Powers, that's
> illegal too.
Not if it's a backup copy for your own use. You can tape Friends as
long as you don't distribute the tape. You can dub Austin Powers as
long as you own the original.
> So you pick your morals I guess. Would I steal a car or mug
> and old lady? Probably not, would I pirate a $600 peice of software that I
> might use once a month? OH HELL YES!!
It's a slippery slope, dude. Stay away from it and you're nose will
be kept clean.
Advocating illegal activities in a public forum like this is probably
illegal, too, BTW. But IANAL.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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Consistency is not really a human trait.
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| (...) Legal? can I get a hell no!! HELL NO!! But then who's gonna know? Guess what, if you taped Friends of tv or dubbed a copy of Austin Powers, that's illegal too. So you pick your morals I guess. Would I steal a car or mug and old lady? Probably (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish)
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