Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!dptg!ulysses!andante!mit-eddie!bu.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!xanth!abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov!tadguy From: tadguy@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov (Tad Guy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: "Demos" and piracy Message-ID: Date: 16 Jul 90 14:26:57 GMT References: <90194.230146JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: news@cs.odu.edu Organization: NASA/Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA Lines: 19 In-reply-to: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu's message of 14 Jul 90 03:01:46 GMT In article <90194.230146JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu writes: > tadguy@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov (Tad Guy) says: > >Hmm... Analogy: Because someone's ideology (for example, Jew, > >Christian, whatever) doesn't agree with yours, then that's persons > >contributions (say, music, or artwork) shouldn't be seen. > > > >Nope. I don't like it. Sounds like censorship to me. > > How about a better analogy? Because someone committed a crime, and > is convicted of it, they are sentenced to pay a fine or penalty, which > is taken from honestly earned money. Censorship is not a proper analogy... It's still censorship to prevent someone's contributions from being viewed, regardless of crimes the author may have committed. You're suggesting that we become judge/jury. Let's leave that to qualified persons... ...tad