Nikhil;199337 Wrote: > I think there would be a lot less IP/copyright infringement if people > clearly understood that stealing music and movies is really no > different from stealing a car. Most of the people who engage in media > piracy simply haven't realized that what they are doing is wrong. If > they were to comprehend, then I am willing to bet that a significant > amount of people would stop doing it.
This argument is really misguided. I'll go ahead and once more explain that if I steal a car, the owner no longer has it. If I make a copy of a song without paying, the copyright owner still has it, the person who I got the copy from still has it, etc. Copying music may be illegal, but it isn't a crime. It's not a misdemeanor or a felony, it is a CIVIL MATTER, a matter of litigation like a breach of contract. And I contend that 99% of those who copy music know exactly what they're doing and why. They are breaching an implied contract with an industry who breaches contracts all the time. The music industry has for decades cheated artists. They have for decades engaged in payola to get certain music played on the radio. They have for decades illegally colluded on price fixing. Their tactics for gathering evidence against computer owners may not be legal under current telecom law. They may not even legally own the rights to digital distribution. Many artist contracts were written decades before anybody heard of the internet. In the Napster trial, when it was clear the judge would compel the record companies to produce the artist contracts and show where these distribution rights are spelled out, the record companies quickly moved for an out-of-court settlement. -- Pale Blue Ego ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
