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BRuce
 
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Default Think twice before GIVING UP YOUR FREEDOMS.

I agree with all your points but one. the WB case, they were paid for
their image when the women bought the fabric. She was constrained from
using that fabric for an item she was going to sell. In this case WB
wants $$ every time the material changes hands.

BRuce

Charlie Self wrote:

Nobody lays out:


If you're really that intimidated by an end-user license agreement than you
need to drink some stronger Scotch and get some courage. Holy crap.


Ask the womon whose 13-year-old daugher downloaded some songs and is
now being sued by the RIAA.

Ask Tommy Chong.

Ask the researcher who was threatened with jail if he gave a paper on
how to decrypt some lame encryption method.

Ask the company that was legally restrained from selling refilled
inkjet cartridges for Lexmark inkjet printers.

A women was sued by Warner Brothers for trying to sell napkin holders
that were covered with fabric she bought that had Bugs Bunny images on
it.

Funny? You won't think so when they come for you.



I'm trying to spot the shrink wrap agreements in your list. The little girl was
stealing, breaking copyright laws. The only news is that the RIAA found a way
to enforce those laws...whether or not the laws are right as written is another
story, but in modern history, the profits from the sale of intellectual
property belong to the developer/creator, not to anyone who can download them.

Tommy Chong was screwed by a bad law which has zip to do with creative items,
IIRC. He was nailed for illegal possession of drugs, or possession with
intention to sell, another bad law that's been around for decades.

Lexmark should NOT be able to contorl the use of their product in such a
manner: IIRC, that case is being appealed.

Warner Bros. has a right to protect the use of the images they use to make a
living for all their employees and stockholders. If you think this is rough,
screw around with Mickey Mouse.


Wake up, folks, we are giving up our freedoms one by one.



We are, but not in the manner you suggest.

Charlie Self

"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."
Bob Hope
















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BRuce