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To: Dale Baker who wrote (141015)	7/17/2010 10:55:04 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 543012

Probably not. And no takers on the analogy of the crime cartel building and the businesses inside. I mean really, when you get in to bed with criminals, sometimes the sheets get pulled off by the feds. This happens all the time in the drug wars- and yet wingers remain staunchly anti- legalization, even though lots of innocent people get caught up. Weird

To: Dale Baker who wrote (141015)	7/17/2010 11:28:55 AM
From: Katelew	Respond to of 543012

No kidding....easy solution. On this subject, though, one of the weirdest things I encountered raising my children was the downloading of 'free' music. They were raised to be honest in all things and actually embraced the concept quite easily.....except for this. I had to patiently explain more than once the concept of royalties, intellectual property rights, and the simple fact that artists and inventors have to be paid for their efforts or...voila!...they quit producing. They were genuinely puzzled by my position, and it actually took alot of back and forth conversation to get them to commit to not doing it. I remember one of them even said something along the lines of "But if music is the universal language....I mean it kind of makes sense to me it should be shared with everyone." And the other two, with wide innocent eyes, going "yea, yea...great point." Sheesh.........