[Gllug] Uh oh, ministers consider "anti file-sharing laws"

[John G Walker]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:22:22 +0100 Bernard Peek
<bernard.peek at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yet another questionable simile is squatting. If I move into your
> house and lock you out I'm not stealing anything. Neither am I
> stealing anything. What's the crime?

This is a very questionable simile, since, in this case, you'd be
depriving me of my home. This discussion is about making copies.

Now, if you made a copy of my house, without my permission, would you
be depriving me of the profit I could have made selling it to you?

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 All the best,
 John
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