OK I will chime in again. I strongly support fair use and I think current DRM restricts this and ultimately hurts sales more than helps them.
That said, I would not copy someone's CD and keep it. I have copied CDs to see if I like them and want to keep them. If I want to keep them I buy them. If I don't like it I delete it. To copy a Cd to keep is stealing revenue from the musician and I have a problem with that. Rationalizations that the artist doesn't see the revenue are just that : rationalizations. I am opposed to DRM. I would rather rely on the honesty of others than restrict fair use, regardless of how naive this may seem. I do believe that there will always be a lot of "stealing" , especially among high school and college students. I also think this is an "acceptable" loss when weighed against their income and ability to "promote" a given artist. I prefer to "believe" these students, when they get jobs and enter the adult world will buy music. I would rather risk "stealing" among a certain group than penalize everyone with unfair DRM which restricts the fair use of the majority. I do think the riaa , ascap etc. are little more than a mafia which even extorts money from any business (resturaunts etc.) which play CD's and have live music. I don't think this means we should abolish copyright. Perhaps the law needs to be refined to prevent the extortionist tactics of ASCAP etc. The above was written after 2 glasses of a good cabernet while listening to Ojos De Brujo: Techari. Said writer/musician is preparing to cook angel hair pasta with fresh gulf shrimp sauteed in virgin olive oil and garlic to be added to a homemade tomatoe basil sauce. Condiments include a fresh ground pecorino reggiano. All the above is copyrighted and any attempts to duplicate will be vigorously prosecuted. -- tomjtx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
