Posted by jayembee on 11/04/06 21:55

Paul Hyett <pah@nojunkmailplease.co.uk> wrote:

>> Those laws are illegitimate, and therefore do not bind.
>
> Even legitimate laws do not bind if they are unpopular enough -
> like Prohibition.

Yes, they do. Prohibition *was* binding as long as it was the law.
And it was binding law until Congress amended the Constitution to
repeal it.

That's PTravel's point. Laws are binding, period. To make them no
longer binding, they have to be rescinded as law.

Whether the copyright laws can (and should) be repealed is another
issue. As long as they *are* the law, they are binding.

-- jayembee

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