> > That's rubbish. Utter, utter rubbish. You copy a CD and give it to
> > your mate, that's all about money - or rather it's all about not wanting to
> > pay money. Your friend may think that CD's overpriced and so wouldn't pay
> > the (say) ten quid asking price, but he wants it badly enough to get you to
> > copy it.
> >
> > Rich.
> >
>
> I disagree, any time I've given or received a copied tape\CD the other
> party wouldn't have bother to buy it him\herself. Indeed most of the time
> it's been offered before the receiving party has even heard more than one
> track("hey do you want a copy of this!").
> Personally, if I've liked the tape\CD I've gone and bought the original
> because I'm the type of geek who likes having the original jewl case.
>
> There is one exception; mix-tapes, if you can tell me how I can buy the
> rights to the mix-tape that my best friend gave me aged 11 so I could hear
> some new bands, feel free to tell me. The same goes for the mix-CD I gave to
> my ex-girlfriend should I have bought her the rights for them first? Not
> exactly romantic is it? Fortunately we have fair dealing laws though...
>
> Vijay.
>
Morally, I have no problem with people knocking up mix tapes, samplers etc
to give to their mates. If it encourages people to listen to music they've
not encountered before, then all to the good.
However, Dave's holier-than-thou attitude of "it's my moral right to copy
anything as often as I like, and I'll have it for free, without a thought
for anone else" is what really grates. Whether you refer to it as copyright
infringement, manufacture of pirated goods or theft, I don't give a toss.
Unless the creator of a work specifically grants you the right to copy that
work, you don't have that right.
End of.
Rich.
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