Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mandrill!gatech!uflorida!novavax!proxftl!bill From: bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Piracy Keywords: copy protection piracy Message-ID: <235@proxftl.UUCP> Date: 29 May 88 04:13:01 GMT References: <9160@cisunx.UUCP> <1801@uhccux.UUCP> <807@netxcom.UUCP> <384@motbos.UUCP> Organization: Proximity Technology, Ft. Lauderdale Lines: 36 In article <384@motbos.UUCP>, shino@motbos.UUCP (Rei Shinozuka MCD SE) writes: ) In article <177@proxftl.UUCP>, bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells) writes: ) > You goofed. ) > ...excess verbiage deleted ) > A minor joke here, to make my point: ) ...joke deleted ) > (I seem to remember that this came from _Up the Organization_, ) > whose author I do not remember.) ) > A software pirate is a thief; anything he says to justify himself ) > is a rationalization for doing what HE wants to do. His being a ) > thief is a consequence of his morality and has nothing to do with ) > the price of the goods he steals. ) ) Uh, excuse me, but you DID lift that joke, presumably without the ) author's permission (since you don't even remember his name). ) ) You goofed. ) ) The point you overlook is this: the author of that joke owns the joke. ) No one, other than the author has any right whatsoever to the joke. ) ) ...stuff deleted ) ) I'm sorry, I could not resist. No hard feelings. ) ) -rei And none taken. But, since the author of the work made use of the copyright law to protect his work, not even a Libertarian could argue (without sounding even sillier than they usually do) that he retained all rights to his work. I do believe that my use of his work is permitted by the copyright laws (else I'd have not done it so publicly :-) P.S. Libertarians can flame me on talk.philosophy.misc.