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Old 06-28-2004, 05:03 PM   #16
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Okay, I am a honkey, but there's no need to resort to that language! :p
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Old 06-28-2004, 05:06 PM   #17
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it's just a contraction. you can call me uberjim if ya want. or lim, or Ljim or Lum or LJ. [cliche] just don't call me late for dinner[/c]
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Old 06-28-2004, 05:09 PM   #18
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it's just a contraction. you can call me uberjim if ya want. or lim, or Ljim or Lum or LJ. [cliche] just don't call me late for dinner[/c]
I like "L-Jim." It has a very "J-Lo"-ish quality which fits like a... glove.
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Old 06-28-2004, 05:15 PM   #19
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yeah, that's right, hami.
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Old 06-28-2004, 05:36 PM   #20
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Well I didn't say it was a good argument.... but we all know what the real story is. The RIAA and the MPAA are behind this. They care about ipods and CD burners. They don't give a shit about photocopiers. The book publishers might, but they don't make as much money as the movie & record companies. I mean, anymore, they're poor-cousin subsidiaries of the media conglomerates.
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Old 06-29-2004, 11:07 AM   #21
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Of course a large part of the issue here has to do with ease of transfer.

Couple clicks and you've got your CD on the hard drive, couple more they are in your portable MP3 device.

Copying books takes a damn long time, and unless you are lucky enough to have a stool the whole experience is spent on your feet, and unless you are entirely stealing resources (uh, I mean Borrowing) from your employer, the costs of photocopying even a smallish book are likely higher than just going out and buying the book to begin with.
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Old 06-29-2004, 12:01 PM   #22
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Old 06-30-2004, 12:33 PM   #23
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How to pirate a book

1) Buy one copy.

2) Send it to India

3) Have cheap labor re-typeset it.

4) Print it
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Old 07-01-2004, 02:29 AM   #24
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Originally posted by smoothmoniker
To ban something that is designed and built for legitimate purposes because it offers the possibility of illegal use smacks of prior restraint.
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Exactly.

Next thinig you know, the idjits in DC will ban cars because they are used in high-speed getaways, TVs will be banned because "suggestive content" can be viewed on them, paper will be banned because plots and plans can be written on them.......

The insanity never ends...............
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