Another Greek outlaw

[Donald D. Markstein]

>> And so f*cking what. Who cares? A little copying here and there doesn't
>> harm anybody. Besides, none of you are *forced* to visits those second
>> range sites. Calm down, Sigvald. Honestly.

Your casual dismissal of theft is appalling. If you are simply unable to
comprehend why a creator doesn't like it when a no-talent creep steals his
work by removing it from his control, then there's no point in arguing. So
let's just stick to legalities.

When a person creates something out of his own mind, it is his property, not
just in a moral sense but also, in every civilized country in the world,
legally. He DOES NOT HAVE TO JUSTIFY his choice not to allow others to use
it.

You seem to think that because third parties, who also do not own the work,
are not forced to look at the stolen copy, there is no harm -- a point of
view I am utterly unable to fathom. What do third parties have to do with
it? The work is stolen, whether anyone looks at it or not.

The fact that it is very easy to steal from the Internet is immaterial -- it
is also very easy to steal a bicycle left on the front lawn. The fact that
Internet theft is condoned by people who have no proprietary interest in the
work is not.

If you don't own intellectual property that you consider valuable enough to
protect, that's fine. Just put a "no copyright" notice on whatever you do,
if anything. But don't go around claiming it's okay to steal from those who
care about their work.

Quack, Don

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