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Posted by FatKat on 10/12/23 11:43
Dave wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:16:09 GMT, Lordy.UK <spam@recycle.bin> wrote:
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> >They have permission to sell the song *IN RUSSIA* without the permission
> >of the original artist.
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> ...and I purchase the song in Russia, in Roubles, on a Russian server.
> They then post it to me in electronic form down my internet
> connection. The transaction definitely takes place in Russia and thus
> is a legal purchase.
You still haven't answered the question of where in this legal purchase
was the owner's permission obtained. If there's such a thing as music
piracy, what you've defined must fit it to a T. To the extent that
Russian law allows this practice, then it's still licensed piracy by
the Russian government but piracy all the same.
> You can only argue that importing it into this country is illegal -
On the contrary, you can only argue that Russian law is facilitating
music piracy.
> rather like if you bought a gun legally in the US and had it shipped
> to this country.
What is the point of your analogy? Are guns illegal in Russia? What
silly argument are you trying to make?
> However given importing music has a long and glorious
> tradition that predates the internet I would say that the importation
> of music tracks is perfectly legal.
Utter sophistry - you're paying for music tracks from a source that
never lawfully obtained the right to distribute them. Whether they're
imported (glorious tradition?!?!) or simply downloaded, it's still
piracy.
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