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<DIV><SPAN class=603554600-29012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>No,
no, no, that's not what I said (or meant to say).
You buy a comic, you do anything you want with that comic, including resell it,
EXCEPT make a copy of it or in any other way republish it. New or used has
nothing to do with it. -Gary G. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Groopunk@aol.com
[mailto:Groopunk@aol.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:47
PM<BR><B>To:</B> GaryG@DOR.WA.GOV; grinningdemon@comcast.net;
groop@groo.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Groop] Groo... What pirates? (File
Sharing)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0
face="Courier New Baltic" size=2 FAMILY="FIXED" PTSIZE="10">In a message dated
1/28/2004 7:40:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, GaryG@DOR.WA.GOV writes:<BR><BR>
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color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10" BACK="#ffffff">I think
it's like if I have a Groo comic, I can pass it around to a bunch
of<BR>friends to read and then sell it for $30 over the cover price on ebay
so<BR>that 25 people who might have purchased a copy did not plus I made $30
bucks<BR>while Sergio &Mark make 30 cents and all of that is
OK. <BR><BR>But if I make a copy of that Groo comic and try to
sell it for 30 cents,<BR>Sergio and Mark could sue my butt off. And I
believe that even if I don't<BR>try to sell it for 30 cents, but just give
away the copy I made, I could<BR>still get my butt sued off. And putting
something up on the web for others<BR>to read is not like passing a comic
around, it's like making a copy. (I<BR>think.) Isn't that what the
whole Napster debate was about? <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Courier New Baltic" color=#000000
size=2 FAMILY="FIXED" PTSIZE="10" BACK="#ffffff"><BR>Yes, if one is talking
about NEW products, the above applies.<BR><BR>But, by these measures, there
would be opposition to comic book stores that sell back issues. Also
used record stores. These are outlets in which the money collected does
not go towards the original artists.<BR><BR>Hmm?<BR><BR>not trying to rob
anyone of proper profits,<BR>-seth-</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>