Re: Music (and other) piracy law in L.A.

"Jenn" <jennconductsREMOVETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>I sup****t this move:
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080509-piracy-now-public-nuisance-
> in-los-angeles-county.html

The bill gives as a justification, ""substantially interferes with the 
interest of the public in the quality of life and community peace, lawful 
commerce in the county, property values, and is detrimental to the public 
health, safety, and welfare of the county's citizens, its businesses, and 
its visitors."

I don't think this is true. I suspect most manufacturing operations are in

South Central. It could be argued that anything there that is not involved

in drugs or guns is actually beneficial to the neighborhood.  At a recent 
film festival in NYC, I had a conversation with a film director from a
South 
American country (I think it was Peru) who complained that the selling of 
counterfeit goods had been legalized in order to provide some income to
the 
desperately poor.

Piracy is illegal and should be treated sternly. But I dislike basing a
law 
on a lie. In less fortunate countries, the majority of laws are based on 
lies, and used to keep the citizenry in subjugation. In the U.S., the 
majority of laws are based on truth. Let's keep it that way.

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511