I have dealt with these issues though out my career. This is an age old problem which has exploded along with internet access. Few people understand the copyright or piracy laws of this country. All of them are broken on a daily basis often unintentionally. If a law isn't enforced people will not take the time to understand it. For example, the "Hollywood vs. High Tech.htm" file attachment in this email is copyright protected and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of The New York Times Company. I doubt that prior written permission was granted for distribution to this group. The proper thing to have done is include a small segment from the article with a URL link to the complete article at the New York Times Online. It was probably much faster to just do an attachment. Even if there were police on the "information super highway" this would not made it on their radar screen. They would have been to busy chasing after the 1000 guys in China with a downloadable copy of Microsoft XP. Like viruses, I don't see and end to this problem. -Lyle
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