Jose wrote in
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Your description of the music download senerio flies in the face of
the "fair use" doctrine.

Maybe so. Wanna be the test case?

Jose

I guarantee, if your interpretation was true, you would have seen many
many "test cases" in the media already. Every single, without an
exception, case in the media has been against people "holding out" or
"sharing" songs with the expectation that others will reciprocate. In
other words "swapping" or "bartering" songs. The headline may SAY
"illegal downloader sued" or some such, but when you read the article,
it's always an illegal "barterer".

If you find a case of someone being sued or prosecuted for "giving" a
cd(even a burned CD), or an ipod full of music to someone, I'd like to
know about it.

(Sorry about the OT deviation)

-- ET :-)

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