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From: Creed Discussion List [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of Debbi
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 10:40 AM
To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM
Subject: Re: burning cds for a friend: stealing or saving money?

riiiight!

 

and btw there's a current court case now over just these types of issues and how they relate to international law and the internet

 

this is the case

 

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50832,00.html

 

and there's links to other cases and IP information.

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From: Creed Discussion List [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of ]\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 10:37 AM
To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM
Subject: Re: burning cds for a friend: stealing or saving money?

    Okay, let me get this strait.  Because you download something off Morpheus, it's no longer stealing, but instead P2P sharing.  So if I log onto Morpheus right now and download the entire new Garth Brooks CD, I'm not in fact stealing or breaking copyright, but instead sharing?

    How about if I download an entire Operating System or OfficeXP?  I can get them from Morpheus too.  Just because they change the term doesn't make it any better... it's still copyright infringement, and it's still theft.  But thanks for the concept.  I can see people all over the world getting dragged into court rooms for copyright infringement... "But I wasn't stealing those CD's... I was practicing 'Peer to Peer music sharing' instead".

    Quick raise of hands... how many people around here actually know something about the copyright laws, why those laws are in place, what they mean, and what can happen if you're caught breaking them.  Anyone?  Debbi... how does Microsoft feel about people using P2P to download WindowsXP?  They're cool with it right?  I mean, it's not stealing... it's Peer to Peer Software sharing.

 

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----- Original Message -----

From: Sherri

To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM

Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 12:46 PM

Subject: Re: burning cds for a friend: stealing or saving money?

On a program like Morpheus.......it is not stealing.  It is peer to peer music sharing. Is there anything wrong with that? Kinda like borrowing a cd from a friend. Right?