Re: Re: Freedom to Spew

On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Pete O'Such wrote
> >Is it ok for me to buy up all the copies of
> >his books and make a bonefire while chanting
> >"Horowitz is a pig?" It's certainly legal.
> 
> Incorrect.  There is no legal way for you to force Horowitz to sell you all 
> the copies.

Er.. please note when you change my scenarios. I *didn't* say force. I
said *buy up*.

>  What makes it illegal is that you would be enforcing your will 
> on Horowitz with no legal authority to do so.

Well duh. But if horowitz sold the copyright, he'd be up shit creek if I
bought it.

> The first sale doctrine would let you attempt to purchase every copy sold 
> from whoever bought it, but Horowitz has no obligation to sell any copies 
> directly to you.

Right. And I didn't say otherwise.

> Absconding with all the copies of the college paper is also an attempt to 
> enforce your will upon other unwilling participants with no legal 
> justification.

Huh? The point is that they're free. Price zero. With no other
restriction. Thus, under the "first sale" doctrine I can take them all.

Did you miss the point about passing them out by hand?

>  That's what we call "wrong."  It's a handy concept.

"Responding to what people actually write." One for you.

> I like the insert idea.  It's direct action that gets more information to 
> exactly the right people without erecting barriers to the expression of 
> others.  Good stuff.

Yes, it's nice, except for the vandalism angle. I mean, why *inserts*? Why
not just piles beside the newspaper?

BTW, and I ask this with all sincerity, are you going to continue to be a
git? I've not been rude to you (ok, you provoked me a bit, finally, in
this note) but you've been exceeding rude to me (even whilst refining your
presentation and ideas in response to my objections).

Isn't that the *point* of exchange?

Cheers,
Bijan Parsia.