Exactly. You violated copiright consciously, then.

Post #53,374 by Arkadiy 9/26/02 4:05:14 PM Reply	Exactly. You violated copiright consciously, then. When (and if) the authors decide that the article should now become a paid content, you will have your illegal copy. I just hope you'll never have to write for living. We have only 2 things to worry about: That things will never get back to normal, and that they already have.
Post #53,391 by lincoln 9/26/02 5:47:25 PM Reply	I am a writer of computer software, and have been going on 25 years. However, since I've never copyrighted any of it (and since my employers retained ownership of the source code) I can't say that I know how the author(s) feel about the situation. They have already been paid for their writing already, and they're free to charge anybody and everybody for a pay-per-view. If they get more than 1 person willing to pay to see their work, more power to them. If they come here asking for money, the admins just have to delete the post, and end of story. lincoln "Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig"
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