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

In article <7LqdnerEptzpy7vVnZ2dnUVZ_u-dnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 "Soundhaspriority" <nowhere@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "Jenn" <jennconductsREMOVETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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news:jennconductsREMOVETHIS-B8B4B1.18240110052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >I sup****t this move:
> >
> >
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 do.

> 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.

Let's be like Peru, that amazing film capital!  ;-)

> 
> 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