On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, JC Dill wrote:
rigorous fight against the RIAA since they would mostly be defending the rights of people and organizations that they don't do business
If one voluntarily caves in, they will almost certainly see their sales plummet. Would you buy bandwidth from a provider who has caved in to a
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