Why is there *never* a moderator around when you need one? :-) Mike Lieman wrote (on Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 09:37:42PM -0400): > Copyright Laws, are just that. Laws. And the can be changed if The People > desire it. > > The issue I see with copyright TODAY is that there is effectively no entry > of anything into the Public Domain in any reasonable sort of time. > Traditionally that's been the benefit derived by The People for giving > special Copyright privileges. > > So what do The People get out of all this? > > There's that and the abuse, where content which clearly fails to advance > neither Science nor Useful Arts -- the Constitutionally Mandated extent of > Copyright authority granted to the Legislature -- is Copyrighted. > > What Science or Useful Art is Hannah Montana's latest CD advancing, making > it worthy of special privilege? > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 9:18 PM, John Palmer (NANOG Acct) > <nan...@adns.net>wrote: > > > Thats fine - but one thing that I can't tolerate about the Pirates party is > > this > > apparent non-sense that there should be no such thing as copyright. > > AFAIC, making an illegal download of software or music is stealing and is > > no different from going into a shop and shoplifting some merchandise. > > > > Someone is making a living from writing that code or making that music. > > > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Dambier" <pe...@peter-dambier.de > > > > > To: <nanog@nanog.org> > > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 5:36 PM > > Subject: Re: EU elections - piratenpartei.net censored > > > > > > Thank you Arnold. > >> > >> Yes, we have not put all our eggs in the same nest :) > >> > >> As far as we could find out somebody has put us into an adult filter. > >> That is what triggered the reaction of the hoster. > >> > >> There is a movement of the governing parties in germany to install > >> a mandatory adult filter controled only by a single policeman. > >> > >> That is excactly what the pirates party is opposing. > >> > >> Kind regards > >> Peter
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