Re: The net as an aid to infringement

Hi Jessica

>....On the contrary, many netizens seem to me to be trying hard to
>be respectful of copyright in the digital context, if only they
>could figure out what the rules were. There are a lot of myths
>flying about the net on what the copyright law says (e.g., some
>folks seem persuaded that mere *possession* of an infringing copy is
>illegal and perhaps even criminal). That's a real problem.

I really like your second paragraph. Sometimes I wonder why I subscribe to the list as it is often so technical. Your words encourage me. Somehow I hate the idea of a whole lot of strictures (dead-ends in the maze) being introduced in law to calm the passion of the easily outraged moralists who assume that everyone is a thief and is out to rob their fellow man. I have been accused of being PollAnna but I really believe that ideas are free and it is what it takes to get the idea form a-b that can (and do) justify high costs.

Yes people implement ideas that are others' thank goodness - people who have them rarely have the energy (or whatever it takes ) to put them into practice....oh oh getting a bit contentious :-)

Do you think it worth starting a debate on this or would I be shot out of the water?

Jackie Mackay
<mackay[_at_]cognito.demon.co.uk> Received on Tue Mar 29 1994 - 09:39:33 GMT