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- From: styri@hal.nta.no (Haakon Styri)
- Subject: Re: a.b.p.e. distribution
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.114903.22262@nntp.nta.no>
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- References: <1992Nov16.214125.4303@clarinet.com> <1992Nov16.232911.6987@news.columbia.edu> <1992Nov17.101330.13534@clarinet.com> <1992Nov17.155639.27923@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 11:49:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.155639.27923@news.columbia.edu>,
- dan@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Daniel Zabetakis) writes:
- >
- >> [Brad Templeton writes]
- >> But the law says that your opinion about whether it is harmful is not
- >> relevant.
- >
- > So you obey every law? I hate to say this kind of thing, but you're not
- > talking about the real world. People violate laws everyday. I am just
- > suggesting that people react to a.b.p.e the same way they react to every
- > other law. Obey it if you want. If you don't want to obey it, then wiegh
- > the harmfulness of your actions against the expected benifits. If something
- > is not harmful, then do it.
-
- That may be your opinion, Dan. However, it's not a very good argument. The
- fact that people violate laws every day doesn't make them right. At present
- we've got a lot of freedom on the net. Abuse it, and we may lose some.
-
- The bad thing is that you may not be among the people who loose that freedom.
- Users at other sites may pay for you being selfish and not very law abiding.
- That invalidates much of your argument. When you're a part of a society or
- organization you're required to follow the common rules and laws. If you
- want to follow another set of rules - well, there are other societies...
-
- Ignoring copyright law is to undermine the righ to own property.
-
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