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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com   
      
   Frank Frank sent the following on 10/29/2009 10:34 AM:   
   > Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   >> In article ,   
   >>  Ian Galbraith  wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:26:56 -0700, Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   >>>> In article <7kqiaeF3aemvbU2@mid.individual.net>,   
   >>>>  Greg Goss  wrote:   
   >>>>> Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
   >>>>>> Again, you're completely free to do Snow White.  You're completely free   
   >>>>>> to do Alladin.  You're completely free to do what Disney did; create   
   >>>>>> your own version of those stories.  And your version will be protected.   
   >>>>> And WHY are we completely free?  We're free because the creativity   
   >>>>> that created them became an open part of our society.  The copy rights   
   >>>>> of those creators expired, and a richer society resulted from that   
   >>>>> happening.   
   >>>> Nope.   
   >>> Please explain.   
   >> No part of his set up was correct.  Those creators never had copyrights   
   >> to begin with.  Nothing expired.  No richer society resulted from those   
   >> things happening, because none of them happened to begin with.   
   >   
   > You're attacking a technicality. The point stands. Our culture is richer   
   > because we can build on works that either weren't copyrighted to begin   
   > with, or the copyright expired. The culture of 100 years from now won't   
   > be thus enriched unless copyright is eliminated or at least cut back   
   > down to size.   
      
   So you're only downloading things illegally because you're looking out   
   for the best interests of the culture of 100 years from now?  And what's   
   this "we" stuff?  I've been under the impression that you're too busy   
   being a cheap ass making illegal downloads to ever be able to find time   
   to "build on works" of others.   
      
   Heh.  I love this stuff.  But in the end, we're back to "whatever lets   
   you sleep at night" territory.   
      
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   Jim Gysin   
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