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Posted by Morton Davis on 09/22/05 02:55
"FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote in message
news:1127355874.925156.176270@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hardly a justification. Being the owner of something means you can not
> only set the price, but also decide whether to sell or not. If I
> decide to steal a car, the fact that the owner hadn't put it on the
> market doesn't change the fact that I've just taken a car that isn't
> mine. There are many compelling arguments for distinguishing file
> sharing from theft, but this is not one of them. Also, simply being
> out of print (thought they had a different term) doens't mean out of
> circulation - old record stores, individual collectors, E*bay offer a
> few of the avenues for obtaining hard-to-find music.
>
However, none of the artists get a red cent from the sale of used music or
videos. So what's the beef? Also, with sattelite radio and stations playing
CD quality music, what's the diff if you record to a CD off of the radio or
DL it?
What does it matter if you record a movie off of HBO or DL it? Same thing
happens.
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