c wrote:
quoted 8 lines lets see. an artist makes a record. a record company makes a product.
>lets see. an artist makes a record. a record company makes a product.
>sells that product to a consumer. the artist then (illegally) copies it.
>posts it on the net. web surfer downloads it and burns a copy.
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>two copies, same record. one was paid for, the other was not. how is
>that any different than the downloader walking into the store and taking
>a copy ?
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you dont see the difference? really? in your first example, tower
records is out a cd, they literally loose $5 ... in the second case the
only deprivation of resources is to the people paying the bills for the
internet bandwidth. the traditional concept of theft just does not
apply to ideas (mp3's are just ideas expressed electronically,
magnetically, optically, what have you) and only because disney et all
have a vested interest in turning ideas into property do our laws
suddently reflect this.
quoted 35 lines and when did a physical compact disc or LP become intellectual property.
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>and when did a physical compact disc or LP become intellectual property.
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>any label owners on the list want to offer their two cents ?
>i appreciate the different perspectives, even if i dont personally agree
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>Josh Steiner wrote:
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>>really? stealing implies that you *take* something from someone, if i
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>>download an mp3 of thriller, does michael jackson spend an hour
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>digging
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>>through his record collection trying to find the copy that i "stole"
>>from him?
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>>intellectual property is a broken concept.
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