In article <22jphv475n8e6ekks248lctv9gej62vaud@4ax.com>,
Norton Zenger <dogwander@frostwarning.com> wrote:
> Flip come on down:
>
> >In article <cukohv81k7qgh4sbhds1i8i95a8dp8rsq4@farfoos>,
> > Onideus Mad Hatter <mad_hatter@charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:04:33 GMT, flip <flippo@mac.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >In article <jbednXbfFfXD_4aiXTWJhw@comcast.com>,
> >> > "Deborah Terreson" <foodNOTSPAMandart@comcast.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> How about some more realistic edification:
> >> >>
> >> >> http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html
> >> >>
> >> >> Don't forget to read her follow-up article. The link is on the page.
> >> >>
> >> >> Deb.
> >> >
> >> >That's a nice summary of the philosophy of the 'we're too cheap to pay
> >> >for our music and we're going to steal it anyway, so the record
> >> >company's fault that we steal it because they won't give it to us for
> >> >some ridiculously low price" crowd.
> >> >
> >> >Too bad there's nothing there that hasn't been widely debunked over and
> >> >over.
> >> >
> >> >Face it, you're stealing music - whether you like it or not.
> >>
> >> I don't mean to interrupt you, Tinkerbell, but how can you steal something
> >> that's worthless? See
> >> that's what it really boils down to, what you define as worth. Now, you
> >> got
> >
> >Sorry. If the person who owns it says that it has value, then you have
> >no right to steal it.
>
> Ah. Right, then. I own this Usenet post. This Usenet post is a BRILLIANT
> WORK OF ART and it is valued at one million dollars. If you download this
> post onto your hard drive, you are STEALING MY BRILLIANT AND CREATIVE WORK
> and
> you are nothing more than a PETTY THIEF LOUT. Well, OK, not really "petty",
> I
> mean, we're talking about a million US dollars here, but the point here is
> that I don't care to be lectured by a common criminal on my morals,
> particularly when said common criminal owes me a million smackeroos.
>
Sorry. You posted it in a public place for public use and can't make
that silly claim.
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