On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:19:47 -0400 Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> It does, however, feel very much like being mugged when you see your > product with another company's label. Yes, it does, and it is the price of doing business that one must be vigilant protecting one's IP, through civil and legal means that do not violate the constitution. Of course, NE is correct in that the democratic process is the way to get the kinds of practices engaged in by the RIAA and it's cohorts done away with. However, the RIAA has overstepped the boundaries of privacy, good taste, and dare I say, humanity, in this particular case, if not others. Keep in mind, also, that there is a big difference between unfair use of another's IP (ie. downloading a song you did not pay for), and commercial exploitation of another's IP. This little girl just wanted to listen to a coupla songs fer cryin' out loud! It's not like she was running a pirate CD store or something. I cannot emphasize the point enough, there is a HUGE difference between theft and copyright violation, that is the way it has been laid down in law for decades, if not centuries. The old "downloading a song is just like stealing the CD from the record store" line is bunk, and the product of spin doctors and lawyers who work for people who sold their soul a long time ago. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Murphy was an optimist.
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