Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Jade said:
> Ed,
> I realize that this is considered "theft"....

<SOAPBOX>
"Copyright infringement" is *not* "theft"! A good reason to avoid using
words like "theft" and "piracy" when discussing copyright is the
fundamental difference between *physical* property and copyrightable
information: Theft of property deprives you of the stolen item, copyright
infringement does not take the information away from you. What copyright
infringement does is affect your *potential* for deriving profit from the
information concerned.

In short, lets keep it simple but correct: What some people do with KaZaa
is copyright infringement, what burglars and pickpockets (and possibly
some corporate executives) do is theft. :)

One of the other problems I have is how many times do I have to BUY an
album before I OWN it? How many of you have the same album, purchased on
8 track, LP, cassette and CD? Me too!

So, IMHO, P2P use is simply civil disobedience. The long time supporters
(via purchases over the years) of the Music Industry have said "ENOUGH!
We WANT OUR P2P!!!" The RIAA needs to get a clue and provide their
customers with what they want, not spend money and time pissing them off.

If they had embraced Napster, we would all have a "Napster subscription"
of $5-10/month and all the music we could stand. Instead, I haven't spent
a DIME on music since Napster was crushed. Screw them, I won't fund this
"witch hunt" that traps "evil pirates" like the 12yr old girl who's
parents just paid $2000 extortion money to the "Music Mafia". grrr...

And if you want to share/search for music or other online content
ANONYMOUSLY, have a look at this web site:
http://freenet.sourceforge.net/
</SOAPBOX>

Vern

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