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Is Napster Stealing?

An SI Board Since April 2001

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Emcee: c.horn	Type: Unmoderated

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Is there anyone else here that thinks using Napster and related sites equals stealing?

I just can't understand the mentality involved in some peoples reasoning about using it.

I imagine if someone came into their place of business and took something off the shelf and tried to walk out without paying for they would scream bloody-blue murder.

Am I missing something here? Do people have the right to take others property and distribute it for free?

I heard all the arguments about how the record companies charge to much and bs like that. But is that any excuse for taking something that isn't rightfully yours?

If that's your excuse why not start stealing gasoline from gas stations? Or rewire your electric meter on your house. Or any number of things you purchase as long as you feel you're being overcharged.

Please try to enlighten me on this new trend sweeping America.

Just because you live here in America you deserve to get freebies?

PS: This thread is not just about napster.. It's about the idea of anyone thinking they deserve things for free just because they can't afford it. Or that they feel they need not pay because they can get it for free. (Does that make sense?)<gg>

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32	re: <I>Taping a show or movie on a blank VHS to give to a friend is not st	nolimitz	-	4/24/2001
31	thats up to the record companies that have/<will> have the contracts with	Brasco One	-	4/24/2001
30	<i>naspter is the best. i would pay up to couple of hundred bucks for this	Jorj X Mckie	-	4/24/2001
29	naspter is the best. i would pay up to couple of hundred bucks for this service.	Brasco One	-	4/24/2001
28	<i>You're also copying the commercials so they will be watched by addi	c.horn	-	4/24/2001
27	<i>...Taping a show or movie on a blank VHS to give to a friend is not ste	Bicycle	-	4/23/2001
26	LOL!!! Mr.mark always finds the best ones on that thread.	c.horn	-	4/23/2001
25	Indeed. ;) Message 15694292	Nittany Lion	-	4/23/2001
24	It seems the more they recount down there the more it reinforces the results..&l	c.horn	-	4/23/2001
23	<i>How about before you can download a song you have to sit through some t	Nittany Lion	-	4/23/2001
22	<i>As you may know, Napster itself does not possess or store any of the mu	Nittany Lion	-	4/23/2001
21	<i>I pick 3 also... LOL!!!</i> Well, I seem to be outnumbered over	Nittany Lion	-	4/23/2001
20	I have a CD burner. I didn't really want one, but it came pre-loaded on my n	Quahog	-	4/23/2001
19	I still have boxes full of vinyl.. I would not be surprised to see an Osmond alb	c.horn	-	4/23/2001
18	When I saw how much they wanted for them they became thingys to me...LOL!!!! I&	c.horn	-	4/23/2001
17	Oh.....why don't you go download another donny osmond album or something.	Jorj X Mckie	-	4/23/2001
16	<i>those player thingys</i> Even if our tastes in music differ, I s	Quahog	-	4/23/2001
15	Don't start with me.... you..	c.horn	-	4/23/2001
14	I don't know.. I think my analogy is pretty accurate.. You are just taking i	c.horn	-	4/23/2001
13	I am definitely stuck in a time warp, as far as music is concerned. There is so	Quahog	-	4/23/2001
12	Also, if you take the B52s album and make 50 cassette copies, the quality of the	Jorj X Mckie	-	4/23/2001
11	My God dood... Yer stuck in the 80's with that list...hehehe.	c.horn	-	4/23/2001
10	I pick 3 also... LOL!!! Actually I like them all.. My parents used to worry abo	c.horn	-	4/23/2001
9	Yes, technically some of your examples are stealing. But the difference is you a	c.horn	-	4/23/2001
8	<i>are you sensing a pattern here?</i> Yes, "gag me with a spo	Nittany Lion	-	4/23/2001

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