rotj and tesb video cassettes wanted

[Tom Duff]

Requests to obtain pirated copies of copyright material are at best in
poor taste, and at worst illegal. Be it known that Lucasfilm, Ltd., the
copyright owner of ROJ and ESB (and my former employer) will vigourously
prosecute ANYONE (not just the `big guys') who violates their copyright.
Their lawyers are bigger than your lawyers, and they have nothing better to
do with their time than protect the company's property.

Furthermore, counselling or soliciting the commision of a crime is itself
a crime. Such activity using as fragile a medium as USENET is a grievous
breach of propriety. I take it as a personal insult, if not an injury.
If you do it again, I will personally drive to Piscataway and kill your pet
budgie.

Also, USENET extends to the Lucasfilm Computer Division, and thence to the
legal department. They ALREADY know that this request was posted.

Respect for our intellectual property laws is part and parcel of respect
for an individual's right to benefit from the fruit of his labors. That
George's income is in the millions of dollars per annum does not diminish
his right to one red cent of it, and it certainly increases his ability to
defend himself.

I am a champion of intellectual freedom and therefore a friend of the protection
of intellectual property. It is a Libertarian maxim that `All property is
theft.' The only case in which this fails is that of intellectual property.
You own the things you devise, and no one (esp. P. M. Iurilli) has the right
to deprive you of them.

I have digressed. I intended only to say that I am offended and insulted
by this solicitation to violate the intellectual property laws. I strongly
reccomend that anyone considering such a conspiracy think twice, and I demand
an apology for this offensive and insulting behavior.

[Steven Bellovin]

Thank you Tom Duff. You said exactly what I was going to say, only better.

--Steve Bellovin

[T C Wheeler]

This must be a joke. Who in their right mind would tempt fate
so boldly? Advertising for pirate copies of unreleased movies?
You gotta be kidding. It makes me nervous to think what could
happen to the writer if Lucas and Co. see that bold article.

[Mike Eastman]

I ALSO do not think one should use a forum such as USENET
to solicit for pirated copies of copyright material lest
we loose the right to this medium altogether!
I ALSO do not think one should use a forum such as USENET
to solicit for pirated copies of copyright material lest
we loose the right to this medium altogether!
--
"Do you like to dream, Gomez?" Mike Eastman ihuxu!mfe
"No, I have better nightmares AT&T Bell Laboratories
when I'm awake!" Naperville, IL
IH 2C-319 (312)979-2847

[Seaman]

> Be it known that Lucasfilm, Ltd., the
> copyright owner of ROJ and ESB (and my former employer) will vigourously
> prosecute ANYONE (not just the `big guys') who violates their copyright.
>

> Also, USENET extends to the Lucasfilm Computer Division, and thence to the
> legal department. They ALREADY know that this request was posted.

Ah, now it becomes clear. This is obviously a sting operation.
--

Dave Seaman "My hovercraft is full of eels."
..!pur-ee!pucc-i:ags

[s...@cepu.uucp]

What do you mean IF, ILM is on the net, when is much more accurate. This
fellow was not playing with a full deck, me thinks.
--
Stephen C. Woods (VA Wadsworth Med Ctr./UCLA Dept. of Neurology)
uucp: { {ihnp4, uiucdcs}!bradley, hao, trwrb, sdcsvax!bmcg}!cepu!scw
ARPA: cepu!scw@ucla-cs location: N 34 06'37" W 118 25'43"

[Bob Fishell]

Maybe it's just Big Brother trying to entrap somebody into coming
accross with the tapes.

Well look, stooge, if I had copies of those films on VT, I sure as
hell wouldn't let on about it! Why don't you advertise for some
Cocaine in net.wanted while you're at it?

As long as we're on the subject: The original "Star Wars" has
been available LEGALLY for quite some time now, but does anybody
know if it's available in VHS Hi-Fi? I don't have a VHS Hi-Fi
VCR, but I might get one with stereo TV coming and movies like
SW available with high-quality stereo soundtracks.
--

Bob Fishell
ihnp4!ihu1g!fish

[Tom Gulvin Root]

If you want Hi-fidelity sound versions of SW-ANH, get yourself a laserdisc
player and a copy of it (you may have to try several copies - LD QA is not
so hot..)
Tom "50 inch projection TV and LD player" Gulvin - Resonex, Inc.

[Steve Upstill]

According to the new issue of Video Review I just got in the mail,
the cassette of The Empire Strikes Back will be out this fall at a
price of $80-90.

[John Thomas]

Lately, LaserDisc quality has been running about 80-90 % good,
as viewed on a LD-700 player and a Kloss 87 inch projector.
The older players can often be had cheaply (trade-in) but
cupped discs cause interference which does not affect the LD-700.