Posted by PTravel on 11/03/06 19:53

"Citizen Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
news:454b8d1c.8275828@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:16:59 -0800, "PTravel"
> <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote:
>
>>> A vague law does not bind.
>
>>It's not a vague law. The law says: no unauthorized copying,
>>distribution,
>>preparation of derivative works, public performance or public display.
>>Nothing vague about that.
>
> That is not what's meant by a vague law. A vague law is one where a
> significant number of people do not obey it because they don't
> understand it.

There is a constitutional vagueness standard that would invalidate, and
render unenforceable, a law that does not comply. The relevant sections of
the Copyright Act are not unconstitutionally vague.

>
>>That's true. Worse, however, is that the entertainment industry is using
>>its wealth to buy laws that are contrary to the underlying rationale of
>>Article I, Section 8 and the First Amendment.
>
> 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.

>
>>> The Milgram Experiments prove that most
>>> people need to obey authorities even when they are wrong. I do not let
>>> the Mob tell me what to do.
>
>>Be sure to call me when you get sued, then. ;)
>
> It would be a colossal waste of time to sue me because I don't break
> any law.

Then you have nothing to worry about.

> The Mob has mininterpreted the law and someday Congress will
> stop taking bribes and do something to rectify the situation.

I agree that Congress taking bribes to pass laws (and that is exactly what
lobbyists do) is a serious problem, probably one of the most serious
problems facing this country. However, as long as the laws it passes comply
with Constitutional, they are legitimate and enforceable.

>
>
> --
>
> "First and last, it's a question of money. Those men who own the earth
> make the laws to protect what they have. They fix up a sort of fence or
> pen around what they have, and they fix the law so the fellow on the
> outside cannot get in. The laws are really organized for the protection of
> the men who rule the world. They were never organized or enforced to do
> justice. We have no system for doing justice, not the slightest in the
> world."
> --Clarence Darrow

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