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To: Jerry Whlan who wrote (964)	4/29/2000 2:26:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1116

>>The my.mp3.com service: 1) does not steal or pirate music<< Well, according to a US Court of Law, it certainly does. I don't know whose authority I trust more on this matter- yours or a US District Court Judge. Hmm. Let me see.... Hmm. No. I think I'll go with the Judge on this one. >>2) does not violate the intent of copyright law<< See above. >>3) does not hurt copyright owners<< According to interviews with the likes of Beck, Metallica, rapper Eminem, and hundreds of others on MTV recently , as well as record companies and the RIAA it certainly does. riaa.com >>4) DOES enable consumers to have better LEGAL access to music<< No. According to the Court's decision today, it allows easy and ILLEGAL access to Copyrighted music All you have to do is obtain a username and password from a bogus dummy account and any group of people can start their own illegal MP3 collection with easy access from anywhere using MP3.com's iBeam scam. This iBeam "service" (one in which MP3.com makes $$$ money from the work of Copyrighted artists using ad banners) is in clear violation of Copyright Law. You cannot simply do anything you want to with a CD. Copyright Law is Crystal Clear on this. The artists are upset because they are not making any money on it and they have no control over what companies are being associated with themselves and their music. An Acme Whale Oil and Real Fur Inc. ad banner could pop up on any song you're listening to for crying out loud. Artists are usually very concerned over assoaciating with companies. With this abuse by iBeam, they have no control over it. MP3.Com is in Clear Violation of Copyright Law and will have to pay a very heavy price for it. But don't take MY word for it. Just ask Judge Jed Rakoff of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

To: Jerry Whlan who wrote (964)	4/29/2000 8:24:00 AM
From: SBHX	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1116

Jerry, You are convinced that you are right and that the rules don't apply here. Here's a piece of news for you. Any individual can create a shared account, give the login and password to all of their friends, ask them to register all their CDs and the entire group of users now have access to every piece of music in everybody's collection. How naive does one have to be to still defend that this does not encourage piracy? The my.mp3.com service: 1) does not steal or pirate music 2) does not violate the intent of copyright law 3) does not hurt copyright owners 4) DOES enable consumers to have better LEGAL access to music