recycle...

i don't like just recycling posts from slashdot, it seems kind of lame but when something good is written and I don't have time to respond on my blog, then i feel inclined to bust out the recycle bin.

the article: Supreme Court Rules against Grokster
the comment (by Frymaster (171343))
"so, let's get this straight:

in the united states, it's legal to sell armour-piercing ammuniction -- bullets whose sole purpose of design is to go through bullet proof vests; obviously a device designed to kill or maim human beings. the manufacturers to do not even make the pretense of proposing other uses for said ammunition. this activity is all fine and legal.

by comparision, a device that may or may not be designed for, but is certainly capable of, infringing copyright is deemed illegal. the manufacturers at least attempt the pretense of proposing legal uses for the technology and make a somewhat-better-than-marginal case for its legit use. this is not fine or legal.

question for the supreme court: do you really believe the the copyright of the bay city rollers first album is more deserving of legal protection than a human life?"


now that is a good question and it makes me wonder, if you keep driving a broken car will it someday fix itself or will it simply break down? so where is this country headed? i know i've said this before, millions of people have. the person who said it the best was definately Zack de la Rocha screaming the words of MLK, "How long? Not long. Because what you reap is what you sew."

man, i still miss rage against the machine.