[free-sklyarov] He's free.... (fwd)

[Seth David Schoen]

Sonia Arana writes:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: 24 Jul 2001 22:28:10 -0000
> From: dan at reed.nu
> To: spider at sneakybastard.com
> Subject: Re: [free-sklyarov] He's free.... (fwd)
> 
> Thanks Sonia for your prompt reply.
> 
> I guess the idea that there are tools in my home that can be used for legal and 
> illegal uses makes the most sense in understanding the arguments here. 
> Everything from cd burners to bongs are sold legally with the express intent 
> being legal uses.

No doubt he means "express intent being illegal uses".

I know people who have bought CD burners for legal purposes.  (I
bought a CD burner myself mainly because I develop a CD-based open
source rescue system, the LNX-BBC bootable business card.  I have
been known to burn audio CDs sometimes, but generally I burn data.)

I think the interesting point here is whether people will think that
the substantial noninfringing uses are really substantial, or whether
they're contrived.

As far as I'm concerned, they are substantial and very real.  However,
I don't really like to read books on a computer these days, and I love
to read books in print.

-- 
Seth David Schoen <schoen at loyalty.org> | Its really terrible when FBI arrested
Temp.  http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/ | hacker, who visited USA with peacefull
down:  http://www.loyalty.org/   (CAF) | mission -- to share his knowledge with
     http://www.freesklyarov.org/      | american nation.  (Ilya V. Vasilyev)