Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

lets just say that without kazaa and all its predecessors, i wouldn't 
of been able to listen to half the music i like today. form a 
financial point of view, i wouldn't of been able to buy it all 
either, long live p2p software!!

pete




--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Vernon Graner" <vern@t...> wrote:
> 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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