Raymond, The Democraps aren't exempt... in politics it's always business as usual.. so politically, it doesn't matter who takes the payoffs, as long as someone does.
I am not arguing that piracy should create innovation... And I don't believe in a cup of free tea either... However, the laws are going way too far.. If I plunk down my hard earned cash to buy a song or a movie, I do so for my enjoyment... My limited use, being one person with one piece of media... Obviously, the media shouldn't be reproducing and being shared with the world... However, how is it permissible then for a radio station to broadcast to everyone in a city? I mean ASCAP or whatever other collection agency for the money people in media charge a per song rate... like on the high side maybe a $1 per each time a single is played... Forever, people were encouraged to record music from the radio and programs from the television... Advertisers paid essentially for the distribution channel and a cheap bulk licensing schema.. the consumer has the rights under fair use doctrines... Somehow Disney (who seems to get patent/copyright extensions forever) along with their cohorts have been duping people through the same media outlets they control to try to brainwash people that you have no fair use... and trying to brainwash/buyout politicos... It's so bad on paper right now that you can't use a DVD you bought while traveling in your DVD because of regional encoding security crap.. Just imagine, you drive your car across the border to Canada and the power locks lock you in and the engine blows you up because your car isn't meant for their laws/region.. It's insane. Beyond that, when you buy this limited consumer license in the store what right should they have to tell you how you store the information.. I mean the oppose the right to make a copy for yourself... or go from DVD to VHS, etc... Next thing you know they will tell you that you can't watch it except on Tuesdays and it can't stay in your player more than 15 minutes at a time... -paris Paris Lundis Founder Areaindex, L.L.C. http://www.areaindex.com http://www.pubcrawler.com (p) 1-212-655-4477 [finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present] [connecting people, places and things] -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 9:32 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: DOJ to swappers Law's not on your side - Tech News - CNET.com > The Republiclans are at it again.. Defending an industry that has > essentially proven to be recession proof and that can't > really substantiate > any claims related to losses due to file sharing/swapping... Oh come on - don't tell me the Democrats don't sell out and are purely "Defenders of the People." ;) > I know myself, I have utilized such technologies to learn > about artists I > ended up buying music from... Considering these record > executioners, I mean > executives only seem to push money for marketing at bubblegum > crap photocopy > formulamatic junk muzak they should applaud file swapping and > figure out how > to emulate its success... But no... Here is the thing. You and I (and lots of other folks) agree that the music industry SHOULD change. We think they should offer music online that we can copy to CD at a reasonable cost. We think it would mean a LOT of money for the industry as well. However - the record industry is allowed to be freaking stupid as they want to be - and just because they are stupid does not automatically give someone the right to take music they haven't paid for. -rc ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
