Hey, I'm a pirate! Well, according to some people, anyway.

Pariser has a very broad definition of "stealing." When questioned by Richard Gabriel, lead counsel for the record labels, Pariser suggested that what millions of music fans do is actually theft. The dirty deed? Ripping your own CDs or downloading songs you already own.

Gabriel asked if it was wrong for consumers to make copies of music which they have purchased, even just one copy. Pariser replied, "When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Making "a copy" of a purchased song is just "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy'," she said.

Shiver me timbers.

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Are "carbon credits" a real solution to "global warming" or just another way for somebody to get rich?

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"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe."

(De Forrest Kelly as Dr. "Bones" McCoy" in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

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So my wife got into a very minor fender bender this past week. No damage to our fender (front), maybe a scratch to the other fender (rear). She exchanged license and insurance information with the other driver and they both moved on. more...

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