LOL, Kurt you are an intriguing individual and I feel that you do have some
valid points.
: Leythos wrote:
: > On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:43:38 -0500, kurttrail wrote:
: >
: >> Leythos wrote:
: >>> On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 23:48:20 -0500, kurttrail wrote:
: >>>
: >>>> Any reasonable person reading it can see that my
: >>>> intepretation is not "discredited nonsence" but rather a very valid
: >>>> and thoughtful interpretation of Section 117.
: >>>
: >>> Sure looked like a BS stance on section 117 to me.
: >>
: >> I did say "any reasonable person." You don't qualify, because you
: >> just say it's BS without disputing it in detail.
: >>
: >>> Care to site case
: >>> law examples were you are permitted to pirate additional
: >>> installations when only holding one license?
: >>
: >> Nope. Not one software maker has ever brought one case to court
: >> where an individual installed a copy of software on more than one
: >> computer.
: >>
: >> Care to site one case law example where an individual was found
: >> guilty of pirating software for installing software, that was
: >> legally sold to them, on more than one computer?
: >>
: >> Nope. I didn't think you could.
: >>
: >> Until then, it ain't pirating, or theft, or even immoral. It is
: >> just he said/it said, and each individual can decide for themselves
: >> who is King in their Castle. Themselves, or the corporate copyright
: >> elite.
: >
: > There you go again, making ASSumptions - there are many Laws on the
: > books, many that have never been tested, but that does mean you can
: > break them at will without being in violation.
: >
: > You fundamental flaw is that you CLAIM that since no one has been
: > prosecuted that you have the right to continue to violate the law and
: > the EULA at will. If people followed the laws there would be no need
: > to prosecute them. Prosecution is also a thing of give/take, where
: > consideration for costs and time are weighed against the action, at
: > this point it appears that the single user that pirates additional
: > copies for his home computers has not met the level of cost/time
: > needed to cause MS to prosecute - that does not make your actions
: > legal.
:
: It doesn't make them Illegal. You have yet to come up with one law that
: makes installing legally purchased software on more than one computer
: for private non-commercial use illegal.
:
: A contract is not the law.
:
: >
: >> You want to impose MS legally unsubstaniated EULA
: >
: > See, you almost understand it - MS LEGALLY unsubstantiated EULA - the
: > key is LEGALLY. You advocate illegal actions, ones already against the
: > contract and against the law, you just want to be slapped in the face
: > with a case before you'll stop - well, just because there is no case
: > doesn't make it illegal.
:
: No. I advocate "fair use" of software by private non-commercial
: individual, and no law or legal precedent makes it illegal.
:
: >
: >> I am a man of THE PEOPLE, by THE PEOPLE, for THE PEOPLE
: >
: > That's what Saddam and Hitler thought too, same with most thief's and
: > trolls. You are only for yourself and have no interest in helping the
: > people, you only seek your own ends.
:
: LOL! They may have said something along those lines, but their actions
: made a lie out of them.
:
: I seek the rights of the people in their homes over that of the
: corporate copyright elite. If the corporate copyright elite doesn't
: like it, then they should stop selling their copyrighted material to
: private non-commercial individuals.
:
: "The protection given to copyrights is wholly statutory, and, in a case
: like this, in which Congress has not plainly marked the course to be
: followed by the judiciary, this Court must be circumspect in construing
: the scope of rights created by a statute that never contemplated such a
: calculus of interests. Any individual may reproduce a copyrighted work
: for a "fair use"; the copyright owner does not possess the exclusive
: right to such a use." - The US Supreme Court
:
: I'll take the words of the Supreme Court over yours, the other
: sycophants, and the Corporate Copyright Elite every day of the week.
:
: And if you don't like it, sue me!
:
: --
: Peace!
: Kurt
: Self-anointed Moderator
: microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
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: "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
: "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"
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