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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (76447)	10/7/2003 3:27:19 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 82486

I think that is a good article that makes a number of important points. I agree with most of the article esp. with the part about fair use rights. I don't agree with the comparison of the 12 year old girl who downloaded "If You're Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands" with pre teens who steal cars, but OTOH I don't think the RIAA is acting like a bunch of Stalinists by suing her. Within a few years, every CD we buy will be "copy protected." You may only be able to copy each song once, but not play it on your MP3 player. Or, if the test-marketed versions are any indication, you won't be able to make any copies at all of the music you rightfully own. That might actually encourage more people to use downloading programs. Enough people will be able to hack the security to make the music available and there may be more demand for downloaded music from people who wither own a legal copy but want one for their MP3 players (and once they download music they have on CD they probably will start downloading other music), or who are pissed about the copy protected music (which might not play on their PC or might play with lower quality, they even caused some Macs to lock up and become unbootable without service) and decide not to buy CDs. Tim