In a message dated 1/15/2009 8:55:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, morven@gmail.com writes:
is recorded is property, yes, but nobody is being deprived of property.
It is not theft any more than breathing the air within their building would be theft.
-Matt
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They are not creating air. Please use an example that makes more sense. These companies are in the business of providing these images. Without this business, they cease to exist, and the images cease.
So who wins that ? Nobody wins. We all lose.
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:00 PM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
They are not creating air. Please use an example that makes more sense. These companies are in the business of providing these images. Without this business, they cease to exist, and the images cease.
These companies knew the state of the law when they started doing that business.
Plenty of companies make money from things that they cannot control exclusive access to. If they provide a service worth money, they will remain profitable.
-Matt