How can you be baffled? MP3.com has a copy of your tunes. They did not pay for that copy, If there was no other aspect to the case, handing over that copy to MP3.com constitutes infringement of the copyright. And the rationalization that the Big artists are compensated enough for their work is bogus too. It's their music, they signed the contract with the record company, the company is responsible to defend the artist (and themselves) against infringing on the LEGAL RIGHTS of the copyright holder.
When did this advocacy for theft of intellectual property occur? I have been reading/. for over a year now, and though I have read countless postings regarding DeCSS, MP3 (Napster and the like), Digital Millenium Act, and other Intellectual Property concerns, I would like to know of one post that actually endorses the piracy of copyrighted materials. I think you're off base here slim. Discussing the issues is what I usually see here, with the occasional flame or troll troll that comes with the open forum format. Discussion of piracy is not advocacy of piracy. Please try and keep the two straight in the future. Of course, if you can show me where the slashdotters advocated piracy, I will be most gracious in my apology.
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How can you be baffled? MP3.com has a copy of your tunes. They did not pay for that copy, If there was no other aspect to the case, handing over that copy to MP3.com constitutes infringement of the copyright. And the rationalization that the Big artists are compensated enough for their work is bogus too. It's their music, they signed the contract with the record company, the company is responsible to defend the artist (and themselves) against infringing on the LEGAL RIGHTS of the copyright holder.
When did this advocacy for theft of intellectual property occur? I have been reading /. for over a year now, and though I have read countless postings regarding DeCSS, MP3 (Napster and the like), Digital Millenium Act, and other Intellectual Property concerns, I would like to know of one post that actually endorses the piracy of copyrighted materials. I think you're off base here slim. Discussing the issues is what I usually see here, with the occasional flame or troll troll that comes with the open forum format. Discussion of piracy is not advocacy of piracy. Please try and keep the two straight in the future. Of course, if you can show me where the slashdotters advocated piracy, I will be most gracious in my apology.