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September 13th, 2004, 12:04 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
Which the local computer shop doesn't charge...
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September 13th, 2004, 12:07 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
actually kwok. The Courts ruled this year that it is not illegal to download files from the internet.
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September 13th, 2004, 04:17 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
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actually kwok. The Courts ruled this year that it is not illegal to download files from the internet.
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No, it's still against the law to download copyrighted materials! As part of the reasoning for not forcing ISPs to disclose information re: Online file sharers, one judge described a p2p network as a photocopier in a library. Although it is surrounded by copyrighted materials - the photocopier (or p2p) is not illegal itself. This does not make it legal to download copyrighted materials - although it certainly makes it hard for anyone to do anything about it.  |
September 13th, 2004, 09:52 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
Ok. Guess I was wrong after all! 
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September 14th, 2004, 06:16 AM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
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Ok. Guess I was wrong after all!
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Remmeber, Just because it is Illegal doesn't make it Morally Wrong  It's not the Artists who are getting hurt, it's the Music Industry Fat Cats and their obscene profits.  |
September 14th, 2004, 09:41 AM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
Obscene profits is rather an impossibility in an old industry. There is no OPEC here controlling profits. If there were obscene profits then there would be more artists starting their own company in order to "fix" the problem. (rather like how Tim Brooks decided to switch from developer for awhile to publisher starting Shrapnel Games)
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September 14th, 2004, 02:05 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
Actually Gandalf I would liken the funding members of IFPI very much to OPEC. The major record labels and major Hollywood studios *do* talk to each other about prices. (I'm not sure about games companies.) They don't charge what they think is a fair price for a CD, they charge "what the market will bear", ie. as much as they can get away with. That's why, here in the UK, the majors are so upset about the supermarket chains undercutting them and selling CDs for as little as £10 (about US$16), and *still* making a big profit on them.
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