cctalk digest, Vol 1 #391 - 45 msgs

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Sat Jan 18 11:29:00 2003

On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Al Hartman wrote:

> The problem with this is that you are totally ignoring
> the owners rights in this.
>
> You are treating a program like physical property when
> it isn't. It is Intellectual Property.
>
> If you do not purchase a license from the author to
> use his work, you are not entitled to own it.
>
> Whether you have made a copy so that nobody else is
> deprived of their copy is immaterial.
>
> Something is lost by him/her. His/her rights to
> control the distribution of his/her work.
>
> If you don't want to buy it, then you shouldn't have
> it.

Ok, here's a scenario. What if I find a small stack of original audio
CDs? They were up for grabs in a "FREE" box at the ACCRC. I took them.
Since I didn't pay for them, should I not have them?

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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