Re: Napster destroys Western Civilization

On Tue, 23 May 2000, Marty Hayes <9ball[_at_]hostsite.net> wrote:
>
> of the word "steal". You will find the following: synonyms: STEAL,
> PILFER, FILCH, PURLOIN mean to take from another without right or
> without detection. STEAL may apply to any surreptitious taking of
> something and differs from the other terms by commonly applying to
> intangibles as well as material things. Also, I think it's quite

     We either disagree that it's taking or that whatever's being "taken" was ever really "theirs" to begin with (in that it falls outside what can properly be considered to be owned). I tend to agree with the latter more. Keeping something secret is not equivalent to owning it.

> Finally, while you may think that we can all agree that unauthorized
> copying is wrong, that's also not so. We cannot all agree, and

    I think arbitrary breaking of the law is wrong (one can exercise civil disobedience, but that's not arbitrary).

> that's how this thread arrived at the path of discussion that it's
> taken. Lynn stated that the right to copy is "inherent" and
> therefore not "morally" wrong, so apparently she doesn't agree.

    That's he, not she.

Lynn

Lynn Winebarger
<owinebar[_at_]free-expression.org> Received on Wed May 24 2000 - 13:42:24 GMT