From: Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think you're missing the important point here -- stealing music is illegal, but providing tools that MAY be used to steal music isn't.
Raj. My question here is : what if the tool is very specifically created to steal music, and is also promoted as such. I doubt that "MAY" was applicable here. Pls educate me -- what other uses was that tool for, what did he promote it as ... was it accidentally used by *everyone* to rip iTunes without his *ever* saying it could.
I will give you an example. You buy a K.L.Saigal song from iTunes. It is a very rare song, very difficult to find in MP3 format. You play it on your PC and then after a few days you have this unexplained urge to play it in the Samsung Yepp (a sleek,portable mp3 player ) that you have. However you notice that the song cannot be played in Yepp as it does not support the Apple AAC format. No problem, here is what you can do -
- buy an iPod (really you must have some serious money in your pocket)
- Go to Kaaza, search for fairplay.tar.gz, download it,compile it and rip the AAC format to mp3 , download the song to Yepp and live happily ever after.
Moral of the story: Using a contrived story, you can prove anything :-) Seriously, is my story far fetched ? Is it not an example of fair use?
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