On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Jot Powers wrote: [snipped clear replies to my hypotheticals - ditto Matthew Hunter, who replied to my off-list hypothetical question about setting up a server that would allow this list to search for occurances of words in the Texts by saying the legality is probably marginal and would be a judge's call.] > Now, all of this is an EXTREMELY complex issue. I'm only explaining > it because you seem geniunely confused. If you don't believe this > is morally right, I'm not going to argue, because it doesn't matter, > and in my relatively short lifetime I've learned that these discussions > via email offer no chance of enlightment, and more to the point, > I don't care if you agree or not. Just for the record I'm not entirely stupid about these matters, but I feel somewhat uneasy about buying works of art second-hand [how many authors feel the same way as SKZB about this, incidentally?] and wonder about other ways of getting my dollars to the artists. Maybe it's the case that the current system is best - the companies provide capital, distribution, etc. that individuals could never finance - and I sure spend plenty of time in used book stores. Anyway, since you don't care what I think, and I don't really know what I think, I'll shut up now. - Philip