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Poll: Music Sharing or Stealing
HibbeeBoy:
quote:Originally posted by Laukev:
Stealing. There is no ssuch thing as "sharing" music.
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I think there is, if you buy a CD and lend it to someone you could call that sharing. If you invite a friend to listen to the CD that could be termed sharing. Maybe that's where these nuts are going, "Only one person at a time may listen to this recording !!!"
flap:
quote:it's not really sharing if you duplicate and the item in question is copyright protected.
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How does that make it "not sharing"? That may make it illegal, but it doesn't mean it's "stealing". Even if you don't agree with it, you can't just apply random propaganda terms to make it sound worse than it is. You may as well call it "rape" or "genocide".
Refalm:
Trading.
In some countries, it's legal to give a copy of music to someone if that someone gives a copy in return. I think, this is exactly what P2P programs do.
HibbeeBoy:
quote:Originally posted by flap:
How does that make it "not sharing"? That may make it illegal, but it doesn't mean it's "stealing". Even if you don't agree with it, you can't just apply random propaganda terms to make it sound worse than it is. You may as well call it "rape" or "genocide".
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It is a grey area but if the recording is copyright protected, then that is just what it says, you may not copy the recording and distribute it under the guise of "sharing". So under these conditions, I would call it stealing.
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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