John Hager wrote:
quoted 4 lines well if i stole a copy of 'Thriller' from
>well if i stole a copy of 'Thriller' from
>Walmart he wouldn't go looking for it either,
>but he would suffer a financial loss for that item.
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*exactly* ... stealing a copy from tower deprives tower of 1 cd that
they paid money for, its plain indefensible theft... so explain how
downloading some data from another random person *deprives* tower of
anyhting? before you suggest that M.J. looses the money that he would
have gotten had i bought the record, remember that i would rather die
before i bought a MJ album :) the futures argument doesnt hold much water.
quoted 12 lines the cd that MJ sells for money in your music
>the cd that MJ sells for money in your music
>store is a mass produced COPY that is offered
>to the public to own a copy for a price....
>MJ is not offering mp3 copies for free.
>otherwise he wouldn't copyright and sell the cd.
>the copy of the music, is what your taking
>from MJ, knowing he's not offering it for free.
>that fact that you have it in mp3
>format instead of a cd still doesn't change the fact
>you that you took a copy of his music without paying for it
>or authorization.
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so there we go, now we've moved past the theft, MJ has not been deprived
of anything, so what you are now venturing into is what right do i have
to listen to something without paying... well, do i owe michael jackson
money if i stand outside my neighbors window as he's rockin out to the
'85 sounds? afterall, i'm listening to MJ's music and he isnt offering
free performances in my neighborhood. no, thats rediculous. michael
has no right to collect money because his concepts enter my brain.
the burden of proof is on the accusor in this society, and i just have
yet to see a compelling argument explaining how my listening to a song
depreives anyone of anything.
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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 digging
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>intellectual property is a broken concept.
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>>>I'd like to point out that "pirating" is the term the RIAA/music biz
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>records and importing
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