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Subject: Re: Uri, I am referring to American law, not Israeli or Hebrew law

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 08:11:19 09/29/02

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On September 29, 2002 at 04:55:40, John Smith wrote:

>And according to our laws, with respect to intellectual property, you do not
>require a showing of intent to prove criminal liability.  In other words, just
>being in possesion of the pirated software puts you in a world of hurt.
>
>How do you think prosecutors here in the USA and overseas get to convict
>pedophiles ?  The fact that they have images of children in sexually explicit
>conduct in their computers, notwithstanding the defense of ignorance, is
>evidence of criminal conduct.
>
>Terry admitted that he had pirated software.  That admission, in and of itself,
>would be enough to convict him.
>
>There is no such thing as innocent theft.  If you have any software in your
>computer that is not distributed as freeware, and you have not paid for it, you
>are a thief.  End of story.

Then you better arrest society! 99.9% of ALL computer users have at least one
copied programme!

You are calling not just me, but almost everyone who owns or uses a computer a
crook!

That is just plain stupidity!


You're not suppose to tape movies on television either, but almost everyone with
a VCR does.

This doesn't make them criminals. If you sell, rent, charge admission for, or
show these tapes publicly, then you have a case.

End of Story!

• moderation: _stop_ _this_ _now_ Robert Hyatt 20:28:31 09/29/02
  • Re: moderation: _stop_ _this_ _now_ Terry McCracken 21:41:47 09/29/02
    • Re: moderation: _stop_ _this_ _now_ Robert Hyatt 09:09:43 09/30/02
      • Re: moderation: _stop_ _this_ _now_ Terry McCracken 10:44:48 09/30/02
        • Re: moderation: _stop_ _this_ _now_ Robert Hyatt 11:55:45 09/30/02
          • I Can Live With That Terry McCracken 12:50:14 09/30/02
        • Re: moderation: _stop_ _this_ _now_ Mogens Larsen 11:43:52 09/30/02
          • I Agree Terry McCracken 12:53:33 09/30/02
• Terry, you are entering the stupid zone... John Smith 11:35:27 09/29/02
  • John Smith.....You May Be Facing Charges of Slander! Terry McCracken 12:47:08 09/29/02
    • Terry, you are now entering the retarded zone John Smith 12:59:41 09/29/02
      • You're Entering the "Dead Zone" Terry McCracken 13:48:04 09/29/02
        • MODERATION: This has gone too far José Carlos 14:37:03 09/29/02
          • Re: MODERATION: This has gone too far Terry McCracken 16:38:53 09/29/02

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