td@alice.UUCP (Tom Duff) (06/21/84)
Requests to obtain pirated copies of copyright material are at best in poor taste, and at worst illegal. Be it known that Lucasfilm, Ltd., the copyright owner of ROJ and ESB (and my former employer) will vigourously prosecute ANYONE (not just the `big guys') who violates their copyright. Their lawyers are bigger than your lawyers, and they have nothing better to do with their time than protect the company's property. Furthermore, counselling or soliciting the commision of a crime is itself a crime. Such activity using as fragile a medium as USENET is a grievous breach of propriety. I take it as a personal insult, if not an injury. If you do it again, I will personally drive to Piscataway and kill your pet budgie. Also, USENET extends to the Lucasfilm Computer Division, and thence to the legal department. They ALREADY know that this request was posted. Respect for our intellectual property laws is part and parcel of respect for an individual's right to benefit from the fruit of his labors. That George's income is in the millions of dollars per annum does not diminish his right to one red cent of it, and it certainly increases his ability to defend himself. I am a champion of intellectual freedom and therefore a friend of the protection of intellectual property. It is a Libertarian maxim that `All property is theft.' The only case in which this fails is that of intellectual property. You own the things you devise, and no one (esp. P. M. Iurilli) has the right to deprive you of them. I have digressed. I intended only to say that I am offended and insulted by this solicitation to violate the intellectual property laws. I strongly reccomend that anyone considering such a conspiracy think twice, and I demand an apology for this offensive and insulting behavior.
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (06/21/84)
This must be a joke. Who in their right mind would tempt fate so boldly? Advertising for pirate copies of unreleased movies? You gotta be kidding. It makes me nervous to think what could happen to the writer if Lucas and Co. see that bold article.
mfe@ihuxu.UUCP (Mike Eastman) (06/22/84)
I ALSO do not think one should use a forum such as USENET to solicit for pirated copies of copyright material lest we loose the right to this medium altogether! I ALSO do not think one should use a forum such as USENET to solicit for pirated copies of copyright material lest we loose the right to this medium altogether! -- "Do you like to dream, Gomez?" Mike Eastman ihuxu!mfe "No, I have better nightmares AT&T Bell Laboratories when I'm awake!" Naperville, IL IH 2C-319 (312)979-2847
fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell) (06/22/84)
Maybe it's just Big Brother trying to entrap somebody into coming
accross with the tapes.
Well look, stooge, if I had copies of those films on VT, I sure as
hell wouldn't let on about it! Why don't you advertise for some
Cocaine in net.wanted while you're at it?
As long as we're on the subject: The original "Star Wars" has
been available LEGALLY for quite some time now, but does anybody
know if it's available in VHS Hi-Fi? I don't have a VHS Hi-Fi
VCR, but I might get one with stereo TV coming and movies like
SW available with high-quality stereo soundtracks.
--
Bob Fishell
ihnp4!ihu1g!fish