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The Magistrate

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16. Which Is Ridiculous, Ma'am

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #15)

Sun Mar 26, 2023, 02:43 AM

Mar 2023

I am sorry, but it is.

I am not arguing against something I imagine created by conservative judges, or liberal ones for that matter. The statute is in this instance wrongheaded, no actual damage is done anyone. Just as there can be no right without a remedy for its violation, there cannot rightfully be a remedy without a wrong to put right. If something is defined by law as a wrong, which does not entail material loss, or mental suffering of the sort produced by death or physical injury or infamous insult, then it is wrongly defined, and goes beyond any proper reach of the law. There are any number of things which are quite legal and thoroughly wrong, just as there are things law forbids that are right and proper.

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New York federal judge shoots down online e-book lending (Internet Archive) [View all] Nevilledog Mar 2023 OP

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Where did I say I oppose profit? Happy Hoosier Mar 2023 #26

:) It's genuinely shocking to me that even authors and book publishers Hortensis Mar 2023 #27

You are misreading me. Happy Hoosier Mar 2023 #28

Whatever. In this case, Hortensis Mar 2023 #29

The Flaw In This Reasoning, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2023 #5

That's reasoning related to marketing, Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #8

It Is a Crabbed And Curious Definition, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2023 #9

The Statute Predates The Modern Mechanism, That Is All The Magistrate Mar 2023 #13

Scanning a book IS a making a copy of the book, under copyright law. Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #11

And This Would Be the Nut, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2023 #14

Which Is Ridiculous, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2023 #16

The owners of the copyright are entitled to control the reproduction of their works. Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #17

We Are Spinning Wheels, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2023 #18

The difference is that lending libraries purchase an electronic license Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #25

by this legal theory, Public Libraries would be operating illegally msfiddlestix Mar 2023 #21