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• maybe he's come to his senses
  2004-06-15 14:34:15  ianp [View]
  
  

  A minor, bug significant, correction: you say: ...won't stop piracy. Well, that's just fine but we're not talking about piracy. What we are talking about is copyright infringement, which is a totally different thing. When people who copy music files (and video to a lesser extent) do so at gunpoint, and deprive others of physical goods, then I'll call it piracy. Until that time arrives (and I suspect that I'm in for a long wait here), lets try to maintain a minimal level of accuracy in the debate.

• maybe he's come to his senses
  2004-06-15 05:32:29  Michael Brewer | [View]
  
  
  I don't know about that. From what I've noticed since the iTunes Music Store was started, public discussion has moved away from talking about the latest file-sharing network and towards discussions about the relative success of the Music Store (and its competitors) and how DRM used on music purchases affects fair use. Both of which I consider to be healthy discussions.

• maybe he's come to his senses
  2004-06-15 04:50:40  simon_hibbs [View]
  
  
  Maybe he should finally discover that financial muscle and ploitical manipulation won't stop people excercising their fair use rights.
  Fair use rights for consumers have now become not just a generaly accepted phenomenon but is seen by ever more people as "cool", despite the efforts of large corporations.
  
  Etc, etc...
  

• maybe he's come to his senses
  2004-06-15 04:15:57  aristotle [View]
  
  
  Sigh. Utter tripe. I don't even know where to begin.