Internet taxation is on the way!

[Nils Kassube]

Amedee Van Gasse (ub) wrote:
> On Tue, April 6, 2010 11:07, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Amedee Van Gasse (ub) wrote:
> >> I know that this is the off topic list, but really... what is the
> >> connection between local American politics and Ubuntu or Linux in
> >>  general? Aren't there better lists for that?
> >
> > Probably not - I think there are NO lists for that.
> 
> In Belgium we have a few Usenet groups and web forums for local
>  politics. [...]

> > To me it seems like
> > copyright infringement

Unfortunately you split the two sentences which belonged together. Well, 
maybe I should have made it one single sentence. Anyway, I didn't mean 
to say that there is no list for political discussion. However, I don't 
think there is a list for republishing contents without proper 
permission.

> As a Linux user, I am a strong believer in copyright, copyleft,
>  General Public License, Creative Commons and such.

Me too - that's why I noticed the possible problem.

> If I understand you correctly then republishing that article may be
> considered theft. :)

Not exactly. First, we don't know if it was published with or without 
permission, unless Fred clarifies the issue. Second, there is a 
difference between theft and copyright infringement. Theft means that 
the owner can't use the stolen goods any longer, theft is about physical 
property. Copyright infringement is about intellectual property and it 
means that the rights of the  copyright owner are infringed, but the 
copyright owner can still use the original work. So if anything, it 
would be copyright infringement.


Nils