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Posted by Paul Hyett on 11/05/06 09:19
In rec.video.dvd.tech on Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Citizen Bob wrote :
>On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 11:53:03 -0800, "PTravel"
><ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote:
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>>> Those laws are illegitimate, and therefore do not bind.
>
>>The relevant sections of the Copyright Act are not "illegitimate" as a
>>matter of law. As such, they are binding.
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>They are binding as stautatory law, but not as common law.
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>Statuatory law depends on the end of gun barrel. Common law depends on
>1 juror (cf. nullification).
So does statutory law.
>>However, as long as the laws it passes comply
>>with Constitutional, they are legitimate and enforceable.
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>That is not true. In the first place defendants who violate the law
>can be exonerated by 1 juror.
Unless there's a retrial.
>
>Secondly the govt itself can violate any law it chooses with full
>impunity.
*Legal* immunity perhaps, but not immunity from public reaction.
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett
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