[plug] Online music services and Linux?

[Alex Nordstrom]

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 13:46, Gregory Orange wrote:
> There is a difference however, between breaking a stupid law, and
> theft of someone's work. Sure, on the technicality of 'fair use'
> rules it is debatable (and generally agreed that it's ok). However if
> it aint yours and you come to possess it without permission, it is
> theft.

Let's not aid the music distribution establishment's disingenuous 
efforts to confuse copyright infringement with theft (the act of 
stealing). They are two completely distinguished areas of law that are 
very easy to tell apart.

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/cc94/s371.html

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Alex Nordstrom
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