Crap Throwing Monkey Posted November 2, 2005 Posted November 2, 2005 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051102/ap_on_...movie_downloads 493778[/snapback] But that's not fair, because someone threw a cup at Ron Artest!!!!!
VABills Posted November 2, 2005 Posted November 2, 2005 But you don't HAVE a dog on your leg, because Ed's lived in three different places in New Jersey and never had a dog on his leg... 493806[/snapback] And if he did, he would just cremate it, set the urn on his desk and talk to it.
Fezmid Posted November 2, 2005 Posted November 2, 2005 Steal my work? I'll SUE!!!! Take another's work...well, yeah, dunno, er...fair use...they're a big company, so...would I stick a disc in my pocket from a store?..NO!!!..that would be stealing... 493807[/snapback] There actually is a big difference between stealing and copyright infringement. Stealing = material loss (ie: putting a disc in your pocket from a store). You take it, the store no longer has the property anymore. Downloading is copyright infringement -- you have a copy, but you're not depriving anyone else from using it. Both are illegal, but they're not the same thing. To me, the interesting part of this article is: The family already owned three of the four titles on DVD, he said. If I already own the DVD, am I really breaking the law by downloading it? I venture to say no, although I'm no lawyer. CW
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted November 2, 2005 Posted November 2, 2005 If I already own the DVD, am I really breaking the law by downloading it? I venture to say no, although I'm no lawyer.CW 493822[/snapback] I'd like to say no, because I believe possessing a copy of a movie you already own should be acceptable in the absence of any intent to distribute. In this case, however, the kid participated in the illegal distribution of a copyrighted material through downloading it...which is illegal regardless of the "license agreement" in place through the established ownership of the movie.
BillsFanNC Posted November 2, 2005 Posted November 2, 2005 "Are you missing a chromosome or do you just continually want attention?" 493518[/snapback] That one NEVER gets old.
Cutting Drew With Dignity Posted November 3, 2005 Posted November 3, 2005 lines like that make me miss "CuttingDrewwithDignity" 493676[/snapback] I've missed you too, fair captain. Did you ever land that young bumblebee tuna?
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