It was basically highway robbery -- the companies demanded that either the writers sign their names to a lie and give up all their rights, or the company wouldn't publish it.
I love how electing to not do business with somebody, is "robbery."
Maybe referring to copyright violation as "piracy" isn't all that weird after all.;-)
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Maybe referring to copyright violation as "piracy" isn't all that weird after all. ;-)
As copyright owner of this comment, I authorize everyone to defeat any technological measure which limits access to it.
"The problem is I'm not rich. I can't spend all that money on CDs"
Boo hoo.
You can't afford to buy loads of CDs, so just do without.
Your excuse does NOT justify downloading bucketloads of mp3s "because I can't afford to buy CDs".
Theft because you "can't afford to buy" is never justified (with the exception of food to stave off starvation, but that hardly applies here).
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