"usual suspect" > wrote in message
...
> See James Strut wrote:
> >>Ray Bradbury is trying to get lard ass propagandist Michael Moore
to
> > change the
> >>title of his latest release because it infringes on Bradbury's
novel
> > Fahrenheit
> >>451. Note that Bradbury is willing to settle for an apology and
the film's
> > name
> >>change, but that litigation remains a possibility if Moore
persists.
> >>
> >>http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040619/D83A0PJ00.html
> >
> > Who cares?
>
> Apparently you don't. Do you copy CDs and DVDs and distribute MP3s?

Nope, never have. But I have used copied software on occasion.

> > This is a vegan newsgroup. Please try to stay at least remotely
> > on topic when posting.
>
> It's on topic as it relates to copyright infringement, which occurs
with
> alarming frequency in this newsgroup and is a violation of most
nearly every
> AUP. What you see as trivial -- spreading the copyrighted materials
of others
> without permission -- is patently offensive to authors like Ray
Bradbury and
> artists like Metallica because you steal and/or diminish the value
of their
> copyrighted works. There is no difference between stealing from them
and
> stealing from cookbook authors like Lindsay does.

I agree that copyright infringement of cookbooks is sort of on topic
for this newsgroup. But you started a thread about a movie that's
totally unrelated to vegan issues. Additionally, you imposed your
political bent by referring to Michael Moore as "lard ass
propagandist". I, for one, don't care.