* Dan Frakes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 30 Jul 2000
| Hmmm... that raises an interesting moral/legal discussion. If I have paid
| for a song, can I justify copying an alternate version of that song
| without paying for it? What if a DJ/mixer was paid to remix the song, or
| there were alternate producers or co-stars on the other version?
No, and no, and even more strongly no on moral grounds. You see, the way
copyright law works, each instance of a work is protected individually.
All of the songs on "La Sexorcisto" are protected as an single instance of
the work, and are protected separately from the remixed versions on the
"Nightcrawlers" EP. Even though all of the songs on the EP are on the
original, I have no rights whatsoever to copies of those remixed tracks
just because I own a copy of the album. And morally, if I obtain a copy of
the EP without paying for it, I deprive White Zombie, KMFDM, and the other
remixers of their royalty payment. In other words, it is theft of both
intellectual and physical property.
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