Posted by Bob on 07/15/06 12:44

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:38:57 GMT, grant kinsley
<sawbones@uniserve.com> wrote:

>>You are the clueless bastard. Torrents are covered under Fair Use.
>>Look it up.

>Only if you don't distribute them (i.e. for your own use only) once
>you distribute them (such as by Torrent) it's piracy

Not if I do not make a profit doing it.

>>The fact that the entertainment industry disagrees with the law does
>>not make it law.

>look up fair use, it doesn't include distributing programs in their
>entirety

Fair Use does not exclude sharing as long as there is no profit.

>So is unlicenced distribution. Denying a profit to the copyright
>holder is piracy as well. Are you suggesting that if I steal your car
>and give it away that it's not theft because I didn't make a profit.

Straw man.

My car is not covered by Fair Use.

>Illegal distribution does not require
>the illegal distributor to make a profit.

You just begged the question.


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