Author: John Smith
Date: 11:35:27 09/29/02
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On September 29, 2002 at 11:11:19, Terry McCracken wrote: >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! The US Supreme Court decided years ago that copying to a VHS tape is legal. In the case (Sony), the Supremes carved out a safe harbor for VHS because there were other legitimate reasons for people to use the vcrs besides copyright infringement. Your lumping your criminal activity along with vcrs is not legitimate. Face it sparky, you are a crook.
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