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Poll: Music Sharing or Stealing
suselinux:
I am going to send you all ear plugs so that you can't hear my stereo. I don't want to get you in trouble for stealing.
HibbeeBoy:
quote:Originally posted by flap:
Yes, I know it's *illegal*, and you may even (wrongly) believe that it's unethical, but that doesn't mean it can be called stealing.
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By your own definition (Stealing: "To take (the property of another) without right or permission ") I think it could be termed stealing. The owner of the property remains the recording artist and there are terms attached to the sale of his/her work.
I do see what you are getting at but at the same time I don't agree that duplicating and distributing (free or otherwise) an artists work is "sharing".
flap:
It's not their property - it's a series of 1s and 0s. They may have designed that series of data but they don't "own" every copy and even every rendition of it. If I play a copyrighted CD and someone listens to it outside my window (without themselves paying for it), are they stealing?
And whether you agree with it or not, it *is* sharing.
HibbeeBoy:
quote:Originally posted by flap:
It's not their property - it's a series of 1s and 0s. They may have designed that series of data but they don't "own" every copy and even every rendition of it. If I play a copyrighted CD and someone listens to it outside my window (without themselves paying for it), are they stealing?
And whether you agree with it or not, it *is* sharing.
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It's not artists property ? Because YOU say so ? I think the recoding artist would disagree, not all but most commercial artists.
You may take ownership of the media the recording is physically on, but you do not have ownership or the right to copy and distribute the recording (or whatever)so once you cross that line, then you are no longer sharing, you are possibly stealing.
As for you analogy for someone listening outside your window, don't be absurd. However, if you play that recording at a club or something, then someone is going to want to get paid.
flap:
quote:As for you analogy for someone listening outside your window, don't be absurd. However, if you play that recording at a club or something, then someone is going to want to get paid.
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How can you see the absurdity of one thing but not the other?
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