Posted by ViNNY on 10/03/06 21:13

wolfing1@gmail.com wrote:
> ViNNY wrote:
>
>>Doug Jacobs wrote:
>>
>>>In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>You are so ignorant it is pathetic. I will sooner kill or die than give
>>>>up my fair use rights.
>>>
>>>
>>>While the guy is pretty ignorant, he is right in that the media companies
>>>are trying to take away our rights.
>>
>>You've never had any fair use rights. They create it, they own it, they
>>can do what they like with it.
>>
>>-Vin
>
> I totally disagree. You forgot one step and changed 2...
> They create it, *I buy it* , *I own it*, *I can do what I like with it*
> (as long as I don't duplicate it to give or resell to someone of
> course).
> It's like I buy a chair, but the company says I can only use the chair
> at the table in my living room. If I want to move it to my room, I
> need permission from the company... WTF? The only difference with
> software is that it's easy to duplicate and pirate, but the legitimate
> customers shouldn't suffer for it. They should prosecute the
> criminals, not the legitimate users.

It's actually more like if you rented the chair, and then tried to use
it in a way not permitted by the rental agreement.

-Vin

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