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<blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 108119" data-attributes="member: 2673">I'm a file sharer.&nbsp; Not a thief.&nbsp; A thief steals property.&nbsp; Despite the delusions of the corporations, copyrighted material is not property - it is material that they have a limited monopoly on for a supposedly limited period of time.&nbsp; If you can't put it in a box it is not property.&nbsp; If its not propery, it can't be stolen.Not a pirate either.&nbsp; Pirates board other ships, killing and raping everyone on board.&nbsp; Its like calling people who download songs from Morpheus 'carjackers.'Now I don't jsut download anything, just the stuff that I need to.&nbsp; Music, because I don't trust the Britney Spears machine in letting me know what an album is like.&nbsp; One two many times of liking a couple singles, buying the album, and discovering the rest of it is filler.The only software I will copy is those by Microsoft and Adobe.&nbsp; I despise these companies and causing them harm gives me warm fuzzies.I've seen the stuff out there on kazaa, but haven't downloaded any of them.&nbsp; I think it would be more tempting to get them just to have them in an electronic form, in addition to the book.&nbsp; Then I could do neat things like cut and paste all the feats from all my books into one document.&nbsp; Or combine all the spells, whatever.THis is an excellent example actually of the p2p system having 'substantial non-infringing use'</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maddman75, post: 108119, member: 2673"] I'm a file sharer. Not a thief. A thief steals property. Despite the delusions of the corporations, copyrighted material is not property - it is material that they have a limited monopoly on for a supposedly limited period of time. If you can't put it in a box it is not property. If its not propery, it can't be stolen. Not a pirate either. Pirates board other ships, killing and raping everyone on board. Its like calling people who download songs from Morpheus 'carjackers.' Now I don't jsut download anything, just the stuff that I need to. Music, because I don't trust the Britney Spears machine in letting me know what an album is like. One two many times of liking a couple singles, buying the album, and discovering the rest of it is filler. The only software I will copy is those by Microsoft and Adobe. I despise these companies and causing them harm gives me warm fuzzies. I've seen the stuff out there on kazaa, but haven't downloaded any of them. I think it would be more tempting to get them just to have them in an electronic form, in addition to the book. Then I could do neat things like cut and paste all the feats from all my books into one document. Or combine all the spells, whatever. THis is an excellent example actually of the p2p system having 'substantial non-infringing use' [/QUOTE]

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