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"But according to the Comentards on El Reg she should have killed him! What if it was you who kicked her vicious little dog?"
According to PETA, reason enough.
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The value of a down loadable electronic version of a song is the rough equivalent to that of a candy bar.
The usual punishment for nicking a candy bar is to be forced to apologize to the store owner and make restitution.
Therefore, Tannenbaum should apologize to the RIAA and give them their 7 bucks.
"For swift boot justice I would ship these wowsers off to a place called Bagram Air Base Kabul , Afghanistan for life without parole , or alternatively put them in permanent exile in the twin islands of the continuous fog bank in the South Pacific to reside with the existing white brain challenge residents for giving birth to what is a truly dumb and very stupid idea !"
Actually, since they are Canadian they would go to Kandahar, but I take your point.
"thus allowing M$ to offer China or these fine Nigerian folks a OS + Office for $3 or less. In effect we're all underwriting this activity everytime we buy a M$ product."
If it were softwood instead of software, your Congress would be screaming bloody blue murder about dumping.
Where is the WTO?