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Message # 5814.1.2.1.2.1

Subject: Re:Good point double D!

Date: Wed 10/09/03 09:27:17 GMT

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Another thing is,remember when VHS tapes first came out?(I believe the very first tapes for sale was the whole James Bond series),back then they wanted several hundreds dollars for the tape set!(GREED!),then when people started pooling their money together to buy them and then made copies on blank tapes,the cost was forcibly driven down,(today you can buy a movie for about twenty bucks-in some cases even less).I for one REFUSE to spend eighteen to twenty bucks for a stinking c.d.! I believe the cost should be around eight dollars,(maybe ten if I really,REALLY like the artist),that's what I HOPED would have happened by now but NO!I walk into tower records and they still demand twenty bucks or more for ONE c.d.!!!It's the principle of the thing,if c.d.'s were eight bucks I'd buy a whole lot more of them!I only shop in the bargain bin of the store.Downloading music for free atually HELPS not hurts new artists! A friend of mine years ago wanted to start his own independent record label,cause he says there are bands out there that sound better than anything you've ever heard on the radio!The internet helps get their music out there!All they need is a record deal,but of course its all politics"control what people hear and see ie;MUSIC {& news} and you control their thoughts.

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If thats the case then....

By DDMan - ddman@rcsis.com Wed 10/09/03 06:04:17 GMT

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Public radio is illegal. I never paid to listen to the songs on the local radio stations. If I hear a song on the radio, record it for my PERSONAL use (and no other), how is that illegal? It was publicly distributed.

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Re: How the hell is it stealing?

By Whyohwhycantthingsbsimple - Wed 10/09/03 05:25:27 GMT

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Because you haven't paid for the privelidge of listening to it! If EVERYONE felt the same way as you, how would the artists ever get paid?? It's just the same as cracking a Members area for 'your own use'

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How the hell is it stealing?

By David - spawn75@bellsouth.net Wed 10/09/03 03:13:12 GMT

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Unless the person who is downloading it is selling it, there's not a copyright violation. It's only illegal if somebody is making a profit off it. If I go download a song online for my personal use, how is that illegal?

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It's called stealing

By Anon - Wed 10/09/03 01:59:33 GMT

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Simple as that. It is no different than walking into a store, pulling a CD off the shelf, slipping it in your pocket and walking out the door. Songs and videos are the products that artists sell in order to make a living.

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Off topic but read......

By Zamboni - Wed 10/09/03 00:06:12 GMT

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Whats going on with people in america dowloading music and getting find for it? I have sheadloads and am now thinking of moving it all off the hard drive but this has to be a last resort! Are the people using Kazzaa or Kazzaa light like i am? I would be be sh***ng myself now if i was in america! Is this likly to come over to o'l Blighty?

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