18 Jan
2003
18 Jan
'03
3:29 a.m.
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Al Hartman wrote:
The problem with this is that you are totally
ignoring
the owners rights in this.
You are treating a program like physical property when
it isn't. It is Intellectual Property.
If you do not purchase a license from the author to
use his work, you are not entitled to own it.
Whether you have made a copy so that nobody else is
deprived of their copy is immaterial.
Something is lost by him/her. His/her rights to
control the distribution of his/her work.
If you don't want to buy it, then you shouldn't have
it.
Ok, here's a scenario. What if I find a small stack of original audio
CDs? They were up for grabs in a "FREE" box at the ACCRC. I took them.
Since I didn't pay for them, should I not have them?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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