Off Topic This deals with our favorite world in a barely peripheral sense, so read no further if you don't want to. Wait, am I being too mystical? :-P I've been on this list, and off it, and on again for a while now. I'm not a prolific poster, as you well know by now. After reading posts by some of the regulars, I realize, much to my dismay, that I'm not even a particularly deep thinker. I share with you however, a debased love of Vlad, Aliera, Morrollon, Sethra, and the Fab Four of the only romances I've ever been able to read, as well as our favorite purveyor of these personalities. My HS English teacher would tell my that my sentence structure is horrid and I use too many commas. Deal with it, I'm not getting paid. Anyway, on with the off topic, topic... I read with interest this story: http://news.com.com/Grokster+and+Americas+future/2010-1028-5559340.html?part=dht&tag=npro&tag=nl.e433 Now, to begin with, I have to say that I work in a profession that deals with upholding law. Having said that, I also have to say that I came to the world of computers and internet when the word 'free' was taken for granted. I remember that my interest in computers was encouraged by people I knew who refused to share knowledge with me, whether for reasons of selfishness or simply lack of time and patience. I recall that the only way I was going to learn anything, was to wade in and try to figure things out on my own. So, I did. What does this have to do with P2P software and archival copying of DVD's? Nothing and everything. I remember buying a copy of Win98 several years ago. I also remember that Win98SE was going to cost me more than I could afford at the time. Having spent my well earned dollars for 98, should I pay the 'corporate devil' more for the fix to the flaws in the software I already purchased? I won't tell you whether I did or not. On one hand, I'd be a crook, on the other, I'd be naive...heh. Did you ever think of what bottled water was, spelled backwards? naivE. I guess the grinding question of my story, and the story I have linked here is: Should technological advances and the sharing of knowledge, via the internet, be protected by the law of Corporate Copyright? I have no problem with someone coming up with an original idea and profiting from it. Hell, its the Hungarian...err...American dream. But, should we allow, the people who have all the money, to tell us that we can't share or copy software, on the chance that someone else may profit from it? Please read the link before responding. In the face of waiting for Dzur, or Creotha, or whatever Steve comes up with, this may be the only worthwhile entertainment I have for a while. I realize, after proofreading, that I should not post whilst drunk. Wait, I'm always drunk when posting. Nevermind. -- Life, thy name is Irony ...Or, something like that. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://dragaera.info/pipermail/dragaera/attachments/20050203/3886b8e0/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 2/3/2005