Another narrow bridge
Dec 31, 2007 Heart and spirit, Metropolis
Walkway over the FDR Drive to the East River, sometimes one of my favorite places, at around 50th Street.
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December 31st, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Ron:
I wasn’t sure how to get an email to you, but I was wondering if you have posted your opinion of this story.
It’s a story about how the RIAA wants to make it illegal to copy music from a legally purchased CD onto a legally purchased computer.
December 31st, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Hi, Sean. Actually I linked to it at the UPDATE here. I can’t imagine I have anything to say about this that’s novel. It’s preposterous!
January 1st, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Why can’t they do it? Can’t the CD producers stipulate same in a user agreement? Like dekel lipeiroisov.
January 1st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
The could, but they have not, and they would like to control the terms of that transaction. Really this discussion belongs at the link to Likelihood of Confusion in (2) above, if you want to have it.