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understanding of dive table concepts
Dive tables?
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understanding of dive table concepts
Disagree. Agree with tursipos. Most of those things you mention don't result in directly effecting anyone else (obviously causing an accident while on the cell phone may be one exception). If you pee outdoors it may affect someone if they see you. You won't get a ticket going 56 in a 55 zone and probably won't hurt anyone. Then again you probably won't get a ticket going 7-10 miles over, according to what one cop told me. So that's a tough can of worms. As a published author, I don't want people Xeroxing my book. It directly takes money out of my pocket. In NS there are rarely any facilities at dive sites and usually nobody around. So, I have peed outdoors, yet feel I have the credibility to say copyright infringement is illegal.There it is. It's the LAW! Yeah and it's the LAW to completely stop at stop signs, and to pay taxes on every dollar you make, and to not drink an alcoholic beverage if underage, or partake in illegal recreational drug use, or hire a kid or illegal to do yardwork and pay them in cash, or urinate outdoors, or follow a gazillion other rules and regulations that govern modern society.
If you've ever driven 56 mph on the highway or failed to buckle your seatbelt or used your cellphone while driving (in a state that prohibits it), or played a game of poker for money, or crossed a street at a place other than a crosswalk, then you lack the credibility to make such a post.
Well, I won't argue this as I'm not a lawyer. I have copied music at times for my Band classes due to the fact that there may be only 8 flute parts and my band may have 15 players. But, all of our music was bought first. That may be a legal grey area, I don't know. Criticism, comment, news reporting, and maybe research don't come across to me as purposely scamming me out of a Royalty. In some cases such exposure here may help sales. Not sure what is meant by "scholarship". These sort of things would not seem to be the case regarding purposely Xeroxing agency manuals, knowledge reviews, etc. when the agency may specifically require that every student has their own purchased copy.Under the "fair use" defense, another author may make limited use of the original author's work without asking permission. Pursuant to 17 U.S. Code § 107, certain uses of copyrighted material "for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright."