Digital BW, The Print

Keith wrote:

>I, as an example, know many artists that use bootleg software or music,
>just as many software ppl I know use bootleg music or imagery... It's
>one kind of hypocrisy that many engage in, I myself am guilty at times..
>BUT, to publicly say people have a RIGHT to do so, is something
>different.. Were I with the Weston Estate I would tell you and your wife
>to enjoy the images... I'm not though, but yet, I hope they brighten
your kitchen..

I recently was a witness to a discussion where a person who was being 
sermonized for playing pirated music. The person argued that the 
practise of copying music had now been legitimized by the fact that 
it was recorded on a disc on which a tax had been levied for that 
very purpose.

I was happy not to  be personally involved in the discussion, for I 
could not think of a good response to this line of thinking. On the 
other hand, I must admit that I felt some sympathy for the guy 
because of the fact that, while I have never copied music on a CD, I 
use at least half a dozen blank CDs every day to archive data, and I 
am stuck with paying the "music tax".

Jean-Michel Paris