I understand your position, Larry, and I agree that you need the
warning. But "DO NOT COPY COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL" would work just as
well, and would not be personally offensive to me and other
dedicated, moral, hard-working, law-abiding, intelligent people
working to abolish copyright law as it is today.
Imagine it like this: bigamy is illegal in every state. It is
frowned upon by most religions and most people. But there are some
people who are quite decent, loving, moral people working to change
the laws and attitudes to make it legal. For them (and especially
those not actively practicing) to see themselves called "perverts"
or "criminals" in public is offensive, and doing so is most
definitely a biased expression of political opinion, even though it
happens to be the opinion of the vast majority.
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