On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 08:11 PM, Steve Holroyd wrote: > If you cannot purchase a piece of music because it has been withdrawn > from > sale, and you cannot find a second-hand copy to purchase, then tough. > Life's > like that sometimes. Downloading that material as an MP3 is piracy. > That's > the current state of Copyright Law. > >
This is a good example of why copyright law has to be reformed to conform with the original intent to benefit the public good over the private interests of the copyright holder(s). On the other hand...do we want to see Mickey Mouse go public domain? -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
