Do you understand the meaning of legitimacy? The issue of downloading
music for free is only an issue because of the construction of ownership
of that music. It seems to me that you are using "okay" in terms of some
transcendent moral standard from which it would follow that if someone
produces a musical work, he should get paid for it if he wants to be
paid for its use since it's his. This begs the question of *ownership*
of that music in whatever form. (This is an example of petitio
principii.)
-----Original Message-----
From: John Reading [mailto:john.reading@us.didata.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 2:42 PM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: RE: [idm] Indie Ethics
That's not what he said.
It's a legit discussion, but whether or not it's "Ok" to download music
for free, regardless of copyright laws, is another matter.
I don't think copyright laws have anything to do with ripping off
labels. Copyright or not, they still should get paid.
Besides, copyrights aren't meant for distribution issues as much as they
are for plagarism issues.
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