JimC;212519 Wrote: > I am simply pointing out that in the U.S. it is illegal to do and people > who would NEVER walk into a store and steal a CD seem to have no problem > doing exactly the same thing online. No moral/ethical judgment there, > just the facts.
No, importantly incorrect. Stealing a CD denies the record store of a product that they could sell. Sharing music illegally denies the copyright holder their revenue stream only; if the recipient of the music was never going to buy it, no-one has actually lost anything. There is a big difference (including legally) between breach of copyright and theft. Not a defence of sharing, just a pedant moment ;) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) SB+, EAR 859, Living Voice Auditorium II plus some other stuff SB3, Shek d2, Ming-Da MC84-C, Harbeth HL-P3ES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36487 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
