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To: H-Man who wrote (8795)	9/22/2003 1:19:15 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (2) of 793717

Everybody pays the royalty tax on CD-Rs whether or not they use them to copy music. It is a blunt instrument, but a well used one. I think the significant impact suing individuals is going to have, is alienating the public (further eroding CD sales) and bringing an angry Congress into the matter. As to changing attitudes, regulation has only a minor impact. It certainly didn't change people's attitudes towards alcohol during Prohibition, and it hasn't done much for drug use, either. File sharing has more in common with alcohol than sexual harrassment, IMHO. People can readily see that sexual harrassment causes harm, while file sharing is seen as a victimless crime (and it isn't a crime, unless willfully done for commercial purposes). Attitudes aren't likely to change where no harm is apparent. Taping music from the radio and dubbing tapes were, like file sharing, bugbears of the recording industry. The examples were stated for a reason... Derek

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