Comments on: The crime of ‘file-save as’

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:06:05 +0000

Temporary files in the disk may be protected by the time-shifting Supreme Court decision that legalized videotaping for later viweing only, but not archiving.

What is not protected is the saving of files for earchiving purposes. That is illegal, so everyone who save web pages (who doesn’t) is a criminal.

As a member of a diabetic family, I save all news and scientific articles on the subject of diabetes. As a result I have even helped my family with otherwise unavailable medical information and the published medical advise. That makes me a criminal?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:07:00 +0000

in order to view a web page your computer automatically copies it to your hard drive… M$ is very guilty of contribuity infringement here…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:32:26 +0000

From CNet story

“If a law was passed to forbid breathing, it could hardly cause a more universal criminalisation of the western world than the laws of music copyright.”

Read here:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/0,39029432,49284767,00.htm

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:58:57 +0000

This is the proof we need to beat the cartels !!!

Justice is supposed to be blinfolded. This article proves it.

So are the countries that blindly follow the disparate american copyright laws and legal system.

So are the judges who think that downloading songs are a crime, when in fact they themselves are probably equal in crime when they or their assistants use the “file-save as” function.

If we are all criminal, none of us are. The law is simply wrong.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 21:56:37 +0000

Some questions of my own.

I do most of my file copying at Starbucks.
Will Stabucks go down the drain with me if I get cought?

I save most of the news stories related to my profession in my laptop.
If the FBI takes away my laptop at the airport to check me for illegal activities or content, will the FBI notify the content owners of their findings?

If a content owner sue me, can I sue MS/Gates for inducing me to break the law?

Will the “file-save as” feature be DRM’d out of existense in future computers or operating systems? Or is it an unpluggable loophole?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:52:27 +0000

My freedom out weights your right to make money. If you want to make money open a store. If you want to trample all over my freedom drop dead.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:03:33 +0000

Please donât give the riaa and the lawyers any new ideas
Pleaseâ¦..