p2p, anonymity and security

[Derek Martin]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:51:38PM -0500, Greg Rundlett wrote:
> >explicit - adj.  Fully and clearly expressed; leaving nothing implied.
> >
> You're right, I was not explicit.  My statement was actually 'simple'.  
> That simple statement carries a lot of implied meanings for most people, 
> but I'm not like most people.  So that's why I said what I said without 
> wanting to see it from the 'popular' point of view.  

All I was trying to point out is that many people, including some
potentially dangerous people, will view your words from the
"'popular' point of view" which could end up being quite bad for you.
These days, it has become somewhat dangerous to say unpopular things
in the Good 'ol US of A.

> >I said precisely what I meant to say.  The sentences I wrote are
> >grammatically correct and grammatically convey exactly what I meant
> >them to convey.
> >
> But you attribute to me motives which I do not have.

I don't think I did...  I believe I left room for the possibility that
you did not intend anything illegal in every previous message.

> I sounds like you've bought into the notion promulgated by the popular 
> media that because copyrights are automatically granted, that doing 
> anything without obtaining and paying for permission is a crime.  

Hardly.

> Realize that most people making a public speech have a message that they 
> are intentionally delivering to a mass audience for mass consumption and 
> re-telling.  

I was going to bring this up specifically, but decided it wasn't worth
my time.  It doesn't really matter...  Copyrights are not like
trademarks; you don't have to enforce them religiously.  I'm pretty
sure that even if I make a speech publicly, and it's reprinted by 100
news organizations, who I elect not to sue, I can still sue YOU for
copyright infringement for including it in your new book without my
permission, if I decide it's worth my time and effort to do so...

But I may be mistaken, and it's way too late here to be perusing
copyright legislation...

Be safe; when in doubt, be explicit.

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Derek D. Martin    http://www.pizzashack.org/   GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02
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