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Story: Anti-P2P software 'spies' on user data

Posted by: Jack Stoddard (Friday 19 September 2003, 12:31 AM)

How are they going to diffentiate between non-copyrighted songs and those that are protected by a copyright?

If I am downloading a song from the public domain, they certainly don't have the righ to stop me..

The ability to copy music has been going on since the days of the wire recorder.. 78's, 33's, 45's, 8-track, VCR's, CD's, DVD's, radio and television have all been sources of copying music.

If an artist paints a picture, it is copyrighted and illegal to make a copy and SELL it. If another artist paints a similar picture, copies it and sells copies that is not illegal, as long as the buyer knows it is a copy..

MP3's are not the original music found on a music CD.. It is compressed, usually at 128bit and not the higher quality of the CD..

The RIAAA is wrong, particularly when they sue and fine a 12 year old girl who lives in Public Housing $12,000.00 and a 76 year old Grandfather who had no knowledge that his Grandson and some friends had downloaded some MP3's..

Best thing to do is boycott the record industry through this Holiday Season to let them know how you feel..