Copyrights and pirates

Donald Markstein dmarkstein at earthlink.net
Fri Apr 20 18:58:01 CEST 2001


Eta Beta:
Certainly, there are abuses of the copyright principle, and you've correctly
cited some of the more egregious ones. Personally, I think this sort of
thing starts with legally equating a corporation with a "person" rather than
considering it the ordinary property of its stockholders (as opposed to a
form of "property" that its "owners" can not be held responsible for the
actions of), but if I were to start in on the rights of corporations versus
those of human beings, and how (through a complex chain of reasoning) this
relates to your legitimate complaints, I could go on for a VERY long time,
and it would be VERY off-topic.

But this has little to do with individuals owning that which they create
themselves, and seeing it stolen by a scofflaw who then complains about THEM
"harassing" HIM for his crimes.

Mr. Totti:
I laughed out loud when you criticized Don Rosa for insulting you, after
your gratuitous and unfounded statements about others. I'm not complaining
about your knee-jerk statements on my Web site, which you give no evidence
of having actually seen -- as I said earlier, they worked very much to my
benefit (which is why I phrased my original objections in such a way as to
invite them). But I'm far from the only one you've dished it out to.

Here in America, we have an expression for the likes of you -- "a real piece
of work". We usually say it while rolling our eyes in disbelief.

> I have taken off my pages. What do you want more?

I want you to stop defending your theft, which gives a very strong
impression that you're simply going to do it again. Your current post, in
which you compare those who object to your larcenous ways to Nazis, and
yourself to a freedom fighter, does little to assure anyone that their
belongings are safe from you.

An acknowledgment that your original actions were done in an excess of zeal,
and that you now realize you were wrong to take other people's pages without
permission, would go far toward bringing this entire line of discussion to a
very welcome conclusion.

Why not take a few days off from the list, and cool down? You may find that
there is a good deal of justification in what has been said to and about
you. You may even find it in your heart to apologize to those you have
wronged.

Quack, Don

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