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To: Rocky Reid who wrote (973)	4/29/2000 8:57:00 PM
From: Kashish King	Respond to of 1116

Rocky, It took all of 10 seconds to "copy" my CD onto MP3.com's database. This is impossible even with a T1 line (loading a CD could take 65MB/sec), let alone with my 56k modem. Information versus Matter The problem is the law, not the company. If you purchase a CD and what you were purchasing was the medium itself there would be no issue: you have one copy, you cannot make any more, period. Moreover, if the information on that medium was stipulated to be for your exclusive use there would be no problem: nobody else could use it, period. The problem seems to be sloppy law, not criminal activity. Apparently the law doesn't know the difference between matter and information. Is the distinction really too deep for them? I doubt it, the law is just sloppy. I don't think it's Judge Jakoff's (sp?) fault, he's interpreting sloppy law. If they want to sort this out they will have to cancel out the noise and focus on the issue: information versus matter and what is the law regarding these two utterly distinct issues. One thing is for sure, if it's the information you are legally allowed to use with the purchase of a CD then being forced to uploaded it when that information already exists is tragically foolish.