oh for chist sake
pirating, file sharing, downloading, swapping
who gives a flying f**k what the RIAA calls it...
if it's not properly authorized, it's STEALING,
PERIOD! it doesn't matter if it's greedy, rich, butt-heads
like Metallica, or some starving indie artist.
pirate, according to Webster's, by definition means:
One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without
authorization.
which accurately describes the unlicenced manufacture of hit records
for retail AND mp3 sharing/downloading.
john
quoted 1 line C Twomey <newpower@interlog.com> 03/11/03 04:24PM >>>>>> C Twomey <newpower@interlog.com> 03/11/03 04:24PM >>>
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:
quoted 2 lines I'd like to see a show of hands of people that don't priate on>
> > I'd like to see a show of hands of people that don't priate on
this
quoted 1 line list.> > list.
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