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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Little Hits: all things must pass |
| Date | Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:22:10 -0400 |
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From: "Greg York" <yorkgreg@hotmail.com>
>I'm really curious about that too....I assume (and I know that's
>dangerous - if I'm wrong
>mega-apologies) that these MP3 files are being distributed without
>the express consent of the copyright owners.
In most but not all cases, yes. There is no question that mp3 blogs
are pretty much by definition illegal.
>Once you take that step, what difference does it make if it ends up
>on a cell phone as a ringtone or an Ipod or a computer or a CD-R?
The issue, in my mind, was that was an unknown third party was
apparently selling the mp3s as ringtones. (Or attempting to, anyway:
it seems unlikely that selling a ringtone of, say, "Shower Curtain" by
the Ant Farmers is a high-volume business.) It's the money-making
aspect that rankles, not just on behalf of the artists, but for myself
as the person who went to the trouble of digitizing this obscure old
song, writing about it, and then posting it: given that I didn't make
any money, why should I facilitate someone else making money off my
labor?
S
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