Re: [Cdn-DMCA] copyrights / CD protection / Zip albums

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: No DMCA in Canada <canada-dmca-opponents (at) flora.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 12:10:11 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Tom Trottier wrote:

> A  growing number people are using zip files as part of a
> process for  downloading entire albums,  not just
> individual songs, from the Internet.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/25/arts/25POPL.html?todaysheadlines 


  To understand the mindset of these dimwit old-economy lawyers, check out
this gem from Metallica's lawyer Peter Paterno:

    "If I were in charge, I would put viruses everywhere on these 
     services," he said. "That would stop Little Johnny from stealing this 
     stuff."


  One can get charged for threatening the use of biological weapons, so I 
wonder if there is a crime in the USSA against the threatened use of 
anti-computing weapons.


Glad I turfed my Metallica CD's back in 2000
  http://metallica.flora.org/

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