Hi Gavin. Great post. Anyway.,..
>but is he making money out of it? Ok, just to clarify - I wasn't assuming he was selling these on. However, the article stated he was a 'well known dj'. So, therefore, he's plying his trade with illegally copied stuff. So he is deffo making money. And well, I ain't going to get into the whole dj'ing with mp3's thing, but. arrrrgggh. why? they sound terrible. Re your P2P argument> Yes, definitely, agree with all your points entirely, I did kinda say that from the outset. I think p2p is a great thing. For artists, consumers, even record labels if they get it sorted out right... That's why this is entirely different from the whole p2p thing. Yes, if you lent me a cd and I listen to it, thats illegal etc, but this 'famous italian dj' is CHARGING for the privelege of letting people hearing the music he's playing. It's sort of like me setting up a cinema, and playing bootlegged or copied hollywood films all night, or art house films or whatever. I charge the punter 4.95 to get into my 'cinema'. He sits down, watches the film., unaware its a copy etc, and goes away happy. But, the film makers/distribution/actors see not a penny from it. Do you see what I'm getting at, and that we're discussing two slightly different points?! >And my final comment on this, is that for me music is such a beautifull thing, i understand that people work hard >to make this music, but is it right that someone who doesn't have any money should be less musically priviledged? >No, i don't think so, it's an impossible situation, and i don't know what the answer is Well, I agree with you here too. Unfortunately though, thats life. People are always going to be more priveleged than others. I don't agree with it, but we kind of have to live with it. In art, the government sets up museums so the less priveleged can see these otherwise unobtainable paintings in a public gallery. >people make mistakes, i don't think this is a bad enough mistake to have to pay for the rest of your life. Granted. Flippin' eck, I made enough of them. and, yeah, you're right. But, if the fine wasn't so hefty, perhaps they wouldn't have had all the publicity to try and deter people from doing it. I still think its a good thing. Alex (p.s. your argument was explained perfectly btw!) _________________________________________________________________ --------------------- End of message text -------------------- This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring.
