[linux-audio-user] so.... u wish to hear something completely horrible

[Lee Revell]

On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 14:51 -0400, Rob wrote:
> On Wed August 16 2006 14:30, Lee Revell wrote:
> > Well, I happen to think the law is correct and logical in this
> > case.  My creations are my property, and I should have the
> > same right to make a living by selling them as a sculptor or a
> > baker or a carpenter does. Copying my creations without my
> > permission denies me the right to make a living by selling my
> > creations, in exactly the same way that theft deprives a maker
> > of physical objects of that right.
> 
> It's true that copyright holders managed to get the laws changed 
> in most places to fit what they would like reality to be, but 
> reality remains unchanged.  Copying is still just copying, not 
> moving.  

By "managed to get the laws changed" are you referring to the US
constitution?  English common law from the 18th century?

Copyright didn't start with the DMCA you know...

Lee