In , "Braìnbuster"
wrote:

Frank Gilliland wrote in message ...

A law is not a law unless it can be enforced.


I'll remember that next time you lot are whining about CB rules
not being enforced.


You do that. And while I point out specific cases where CB rules -are- enforced,
you go back and figure out where and why that concept originated.


You can still go to the originating site and view the picture in all of its
unaltered glory. The -copy- was altered.

Unless the offender breaks into the property of a copyright owner and
mutilates their original copy... then that is ALWAYS the case. If they did
get to the authors original copy, then the case would be one of breaking in
and criminal damage - not copyright.
Even the image on the site will not be an "original"... that is a copy of an
image held somewhere else.


Very good. Maybe there's hope for you yet.....


You can also publically display copyrighted
material all you want if you are the owner of the copyright.


That was never in dispute.


You coughed up an unqualified, "....copying and public display of copyright
material is illegal", which is not true if the person making the copies or
public display is the owner of the copyright. Correct? (Be careful here, I'm
setting you up!)


Registration is -not- a requirement for copyright protection. It -IS- a
requirement to seek civil remedies for infringement.


Exactly.


You don't even know what you agreed with.


Just remember not to whine about non-enforcement of CB rules, because the
FCC believe that the results do not justify the costs of action large enough
to make even a small dent in the "problem".


The "problem" is the FCC.


We get the same over here, CB rules have been broken for years. The RIS got
so fed up with being snowed under while under-funded, that they found a way
around it:
1. Remove and change rules to make those people legal.
2. Force victims of interference to take a long and costly
"remedy - or suffer".

The number of violators dropped rather quickly when they removed most of
the unenforceable rules... and then again when they effectively stopped the
complaints by putting the procedure out of sight and out of reach.


Cause and effect, Peter. But make sure you have your causes and effects matched
up correctly. Now, back to copyright infringement.....


At least we all know where you stand on the matter of "infringement" (law
breaking)... it's fine to "freeband", as long as nobody can claim those
frequencies are being "stolen" from them.


The frequencies being "stolen" are "registered" with the federal government,
which makes the violators subject to "remedies for infringement". You lose
again, Peter. Don't you even think about this stuff before you type it?


Anyway, they still have the original frequencies in their radio...
freebanders are only using the copies in their radios :~)


Now that's just plain dumb.








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