Ryan Leavengood wrote: > On 1/30/06, tsumeruby / tsumelabs.com <tsumeruby / tsumelabs.com> wrote: > >>I as well. Perhaps some of our friends at Yahoo can get his IP to track him? > > > What's the point? While he has violated copyright he did not appear to > do it maliciously, and he is likely from a country where copyright is > not so sanctified as it is in the US and Europe. The cat is out of the > bag and it is extremely difficult to determine what "lost revenue" his > copyright violation may have caused for the copyright holders. Likely > not enough to warrant paying lawyers to track him down and try to sue. > Exactly. I believe that most of the people on this list would buy those items if they wanted them, or already have them. I think the number of people who received this mail, and now think, "Oh, good; I was going to pay or this, but now I won't", is quite small. -- James Britt http://www.ruby-doc.org - Ruby Help & Documentation http://www.artima.com/rubycs/ - The Journal By & For Rubyists http://www.rubystuff.com - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff http://www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys http://www.30secondrule.com - Building Better Tools