Re: What I don't get
From: "Kevin L. Brown" <kbrown@MSN.COM>
To: <CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM>
Date: Thu
21 Jun 2001 23:53:14 -0700
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There's no gray area.  It's copyright infringement.  It's just that there's no money in going after you for it.  Too "small time".  It's also technically illegal to make a copy for your own use.  I used to buy an album and record it to casette and listen to that.  That way when the tape wore out, I'd make a second copy and the album would still be in mint condition.  (You people do know what an album is, right? <gd&r>)
 


As soon as it becomes a business with thousands of customers, then it's worth their while to protect their rights.


To answer your question:  Wrong?  Sure, it's wrong.  It may not be premeditated murder (how's THAT for facetious? <g> ) but it's still wrong.
----- Original Message -----
From: Tara
To: Kevin L. Brown ; CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: Re: What I don't get

I think the point is that there's no way to watch the VH1 specials unless you subscribe to VH1.  If subscribing isn't an option, then you can either just not get to see the program, or you can have a friend make a copy for you, unlike with CDs... if a CD you want isn't available in your area, all you have to do is have a music store order it or buy it off the net.  My cable company doesn't even offer VH1 as an option... if they did, I would have it.  People make tapes of TV shows all the time, and I'm sure they share some of them with their friends.... yet I've never heard the TV stations make any statement that they have a problem with that.  My mom has a copy of a news broadcast that she and I are planning on making a couple of copies of... I somehow doubt the TV station will be suing us over it.  There's a grey area when it comes to copywritten material... at one end, there's making illegal reproductions of copywritten material for profit... at the other end, you have people getting together to listen to music as a group... yet only ONE of them has actually paid for the music they're listening to... is that wrong too?  (Yes, I'm being facetious... but honestly, I think that this topic has gone way overboard).
 
Tara