Well, the music industry being what it is, and this may vary from country
to country, I can almost guarentee you that *someone* is paying for that
library to just "loan" that CD out on a regular basis. Who funds the
public library system in England?
--
Mark
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On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
> Mark Weaver wrote:
> >
> > > > Sorry, but I just couldn't resist. I am 100% against this whole
> > > Napster
> > > > thing. I think the whole mess is a HUGE copyright infringment.
> > >
> > > I don't know about other countries, but in the UK I could take music CDs
> > > out from my local library, just like a book.
> > >
> > > Are they guilty of copyright infringement too?
> >
> > Clearly they are not because that happens to be the law of the land, but I
> > bet the artists on those CD's are getting some sort of residual from the
> > library system for allowing them to do that with their material.
> >
> > Mark
>
> No, because librarys don't charge for use of their materials - why would
> the music industry get a kickback?
>
> Mike
>
>
