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| From | "ira rosen" <irosen@ixtelecom.com> |
| Subject | Re: Morality and mp3s |
| Date | Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:09:16 -0500 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "*Bill Holmes*" <bholmes_fm@msn.com>
To: "ira rosen" <irosen@ixtelecom.com>; <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: Morality and mp3s
> > I submit that if it has been acceptable to record Casey Kasem's Top 40,
> then
> > recording "trials" off of a streaming source on the Internet would be
> > equally acceptable (or unacceptable), as rule now dictates their
equation
> > with radio and requires royalty payments (obscenely high and unfair).
>
> I think what turned the tide on taping was the speed and expense factors.
> Buying tapes even at 1.99 per, copying and mailing to friends took time
> (copying at what - 2x?) and money (ask any early SOTT participant). The
fact
> that thousands of people can instantaneously copy and distribute music at
> (arguably) equal quality and at almost no cost (email vs snail mail) means
> even a lazy person can accumulate a music library without spending money.
Speed/expense does not change the relative morality of the situation -
either both are moral, or both are not.
> > *Unauthorized* mp3 downloading is immoral - help me find a way around
it.
>
> I can't - my stance has always been that taking an artists' work without
> their (or their legal representative's) permission is theft.
Agreed - my point with the request was to see if anyone was up to the
challenge thrown down.
But I choke on the logic of used CD purchases. :)
It's my understanding that the purchase of a CD entitles one to the
ownership of that unit - the sale of that unit to someone else would be
permitted. If this is not the case, then the fee for purchase is merely a
rental fee - I don't believe that that's the structure. With movies, you
can rent or buy - with music, no rental entities exist, but borrowing is
perfectly accptable - copying for the purposes of not purchasing a copy is
immoral for either movies or music.
>
> cheers
> b, still catching up
>
>
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