Posted by PTravel on 12/06/06 19:56

"Bill" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
news:ur-dnaVkSMpzhurYnZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@golden.net...
> Actually, I thought you said that you didn't think any copyright owner
> ever benefitted from copyright infringement. I think I read that twice,
> carefully, but if I am mistaken, pardon me.

I didn't say anthing like that. I said availability of copyright isn't
predicated upon harm to the owner, exclusive rights means just that, and
changing it would require an amendment to the Constitution.


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> PTravel wrote:
>> "Bill" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
>> news:lN6dnSQ0lM3BT-vYnZ2dnUVZ_sKdnZ2d@golden.net...
>>
>>>Does everyone forget that The Grateful Dead actually encouraged people to
>>>tape their concerts?
>>
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>> What has that to do with this discussion?
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>>>So... were they stupid? Did they lose a lot of money? Did they go broke
>>>because nobody wanted to buy their recordings any more?
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>> No. What has that to do with this discussion?
>>
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>>>If what most posters here said here was true, that should absolutely have
>>>been the case.
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>> I haven't seen any discussion in this thread about the economic effects
>> of non-enforcement of copyright.

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