NYT Promotes File Sharing · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by michael on Friday September 10, 2004 @05:08AM from the all-i-need-to-know-i-learned-in-kindergarten dept.

aisaac writes "An article in today's NYT comments intelligently on filesharing. Key points: downloading music is not illegal, peer-to-peer enables this useful and legal activity, and a list of good places to find good music online (including the American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress. The Induce Act is briefly mentioned without analysis, but the article does not mention that some of the Act's sponsors and cosponsors have expressed a willingness to consider ammendments to restrict the application of the Act. (This according to a letter I received from Senator Sarbanes.) Let's keep the pressure on!" A Congress call-in day is being organized.

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Its just a ploy ... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-10 05:13 · Score: 5, Funny

They figure if they appease the slashdot crowd they can get us to register to view the articles.
Re:Consider the source by jubitzu · 2004-09-10 05:35 · Score: 4, Funny

Sometimes I play my music real loud so everyone near me can hear. Those bastards need to put on earmuffs and stop stealing my music!