Would it be considered piracy...

[geoschmo]

Well, I would agree that limited copyrights are not a totally bad thing. I was saying that extreme example for effect. If the original artist sells his right to a coporation, that corporation shuld not have the complete strength of the copyright protection as the artist. And I think we both can agree that the "Suits" as you call them get too much of the gains from the work.

But Napster didn't distinguish between a recording that was 15 years old, and one that was 15 days old. For all their potificating about improving access to music unavailable by other means, that wasn't their bread and butter and they new it. They were being just as disingenuos as the industry, and you are naieve if you don't see that. If that's all it was about then the lawsuit would have never happend and Napster would be plugging along to this day sharing old songs.

Geo