You are right, file sharing is not illegal as long as you are not distributing copywrited material. The fact that the mp3 file is diffent than the cd track does not mean anything, the issue is the words/music in the file. If I own a Metallica cd, I can make all the copies I want as long as I do not distribute it. The music still belongs to Metallica whether it is cda or mp3 format.
Don't get me wrong, I believe these jack assess in the recoding industry need step back because they still make more money than any of us will ever see. If those f*cks would lower the prices of cd's I would not have to download the music, I could afford to purchase it. Just my 1/2 cent worth Cheers Jeromey -----Original Message----- From: Ted Kat. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 3:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [sclug-general] file sharing File sharing isn't illegal is it? I mean as long as I have permission from the man. :) Besides it can be argued that track.mp3 is very different from the same track on a cd because of the lossy nature of the mp3 algorithm. So in a sense track.mp3 belongs to the person who coverted it. You need their permission to download it. :^P ===== Ted Katseres ::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::: C , C++, Java or Cobol :::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::: Linux doesn't care :::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
