RobertR237 wrote:

In article , "L.D."
writes:



There is also bittorrent, but there u have to have some knowledge of


computers.


Good for full albums. Emule and edonky work. Napster if u wanna pay, I


tunes


and a few others for paying. If u decide to keep something u should buy it
however




Someone said "You're using something of value without paying for
it". when speaking of downloading music.

When I listen to music on my car radio, I am using something of value
and I'm not paying for it. Oh! shame on me. Now if I want to record it
on cassette, 8 track, CD, or even get my note pad out and write it down
to read and hum along later, that is my business. Next they are going to
tell me if I loan my hammer to someone, he or me will have to pay for it
again because he is using something of value without paying for it. I
know a hammer isn't a song but is is still "something of value".





Your example is such a poor one that it is almost funny. First, the hammer you
loan out is something that you paid for to begin with. It is yours by right of
that payment and you can loan it or even give it away if you so desire. The
difference is that loaning the hammer to someone else denies you the use of the
hammer in the mean time and does not duplicate the hammer in the process. When
you download music, copy CD's and otherwise reproduce music without paying for
the right, you are stealing a potiential sale from the owner of the rights to
reproduce and sell the music (or software). When you listen to music on your
car radio, you are paying for that song by buying the products of the station
sponsors, who pay the stations, and the stations pay for playing the song. It
is not free.


Bob Reed
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KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

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pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
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"you are stealing a potiential sale from the owner of the rights to
reproduce and sell the music"

Ok it may be a poor example, but if it is, so is yours. Substitute hammer for music in your example. Then I stole the right of the maker of that hammer of a potential sale.

OK I do say I shouldn't copy music and sell it. Neither should I copy that hammer and sell it. I have a pretty nice shop and I've copied several tools. Now if anyone is going to tell me I can't copy a tool in my shop for my use or a friend of mine, then our country is getting worse than a dictatorship. Same goes for music.