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Re: ipchains



On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Alon Oz <alon@linuxqa.com> wrote:

> I gave it as an example and i was talking about _illegal_ mp3s,
> those that are copyrighted, since MP3 is just a format and there's
> nothing illegal in that.
> I figured that it would be obvious, but appearently not for everyone.

Exactly, and that's why we need to be careful about the way we speak.
Besides, what's illegal MP3? The file is legal, though perhaps copying
it was illegal. So why not just call them "Shared in ways which 
are illegal because of our screwed up copyright system which now
gives companies enormous powers over individuals"?

> Nice of you sticking to an unimportant part that i brought as an
> example,

Many of us do not think that the issue of copying MP3s is unimportant --
some of us think it's a case study in how copyright law went well beyond
what it was meant to do originally.

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