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From:
Josh Steiner
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Date:
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:35:24 -0800
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Re: [idm] Indie Ethics
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really? stealing implies that you *take* something from someone, if i download an mp3 of thriller, does michael jackson spend an hour digging through his record collection trying to find the copy that i "stole" from him? intellectual property is a broken concept. c wrote:
quoted 33 lines i guess stealing would be a more appropiate term.>i guess stealing would be a more appropiate term. > > > >C Twomey wrote: > > > >>I'd like to point out that "pirating" is the term the RIAA/music biz has given to file >>sharing/downloading. Previously "pirating" was the unlicensed manufacture of hit records >>for retail - like someone in South America copying Michael Jackson records and importing >>them cheaply into the US. Now RIAA is trying to brand fans/consumers as pirates which is >>wrong by definition and just plain stupid as a strategy. - CT >> >>John Reading wrote: >> >> >>>>I'd like to see a show of hands of people that don't priate on this >>>>list. >>>> >>>> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >>For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >> >> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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