Posted by ptravel on 11/03/05 23:05

gavf wrote:
> <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
> news:1131052040.435237.157750@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > gavf wrote:
> > > "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
> > > news:anqaf.12034$dO2.1374@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
> > > >
> > > > "PhantomFlyer" <adam.boffa@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > > > news:1130995038.692137.108200@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > > > Did you answer the original question? Because I don't see where?.
> > > > >
> > > > > My question...a rhetorical question designed to send the
> > > > > message..."Your input is not required, because there is no problem."
> > > > > Your competence failed you there didn't it?
> > > >
> > > > I responded to the poster who said it was fair use. That was a
> > > significant
> > > > misstatement, a common misconception and one that I will respond to
> when I
> > > > see it in this newsgroup.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > You just need to realize when your creating problems out of nothing.
> > > > > This is one of them.
> > > >
> > > > Lots of free time on your hands, hunh?
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure your newsreader has a filter. Feel free to use it to kill
> posts
> > > > from me.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Shows what a sad world we've so willingly created - what has this kind
> of
> > > 'law' attributed to anything 'good' ' positive' any real
> > > advancement in humanity - I am all ears.
> >
> > Please re-read what I wrote in this thread. I didn't say it wasn't
> > fair use. I only said that it's not possible to say, as an absolute,
> > that it is given the nature of fair use doctrine.
> >
> > Is it copyright law that you don't like?
> >
> > >
> > > As for the original question - make your own mind up, it is your gift,
> use
> > > whatever music you feel is right (if you dare, now!!) - no one else has
> > > better credentials although we could all have a go!!>
>
> I think it is the fact that 'law' seems to equate to monetry value nowadays
> more than any form of actual justice.

Sorry, but that's simply not true, at least in my experience (and, as I
said, I do this every day).

>
> People seem to turn to proving something by law as opposed to actually
> 'working' it out.

That is absolutely untrue. I settle 95% of the disputes that are
brought to me, usually without even requiring a formal mediation or
arbitration.


>
> And it is not only the outcome (litigation, payments, agreements) it is also
> how much you can put into a case (the more you can pay the better vchance
> you have of 'winning')

Also untrue. It is an unfortunate fact that there is a steep price of
entry for litigation -- it is the primary weakness of the system.
However, it is a myth that you can buy a decision.


> - certain lack of balance, equality, fairness - and
> justice is depicted by a balanced scale!!!!!

My guess is that you have little, if any, contact with the court
system. Your description is a commonly-held one, but one with little
basis in fact.

>
> A personal gripe of mine, but funny how it has 'sttrangled' this thread!
>
> GavF

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