TheWickerMan
join:2002-04-09
Enola, PA
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Re: Regulation isn't the answer
said by Rhobite  :
Software is a form of speech and it's protected by the 1st amendment.
I suppose graffiti is protected free speech as well? |
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Rhobite
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join:2002-02-24
Cambridge, MA
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| said by TheWickerMan :
said by Rhobite :
Software is a form of speech and it's protected by the 1st amendment.
I suppose graffiti is protected free speech as well?
Of course it is, but the act of vandalizing private property is illegal. Please understand the difference.
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TheWickerMan
join:2002-04-09
Enola, PA
| said by Rhobite :
said by TheWickerMan :
said by Rhobite :
Software is a form of speech and it's protected by the 1st amendment.
I suppose graffiti is protected free speech as well?
Of course it is, but the act of vandalizing private property is illegal. Please understand the difference.
My point exactly. My PC is my private property. They have no right to install this junk without my permission or knowledge. |
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Rhobite
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join:2002-02-24
Cambridge, MA
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| said by TheWickerMan :
My point exactly. My PC is my private property. They have no right to install this junk without my permission or knowledge.
Who installs it now? They do? They break into your PC and install it? That would be illegal, but merely offering it for download and informing you that it reports on your browsing isn't, and shouldn't be, illegal.
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