has anyone tried talking to the local newspapers or tv stations about this? They usually get stories about anything to do with computers horribly wrong (at least my local news does), but if someone explained to them everything that was entailed in this clearly, they might actually report it accurately...most people when told about the case against 2600 were appalled when it was explained to them, and if many more people could be given the same information, there might be a bit more support for the people who are exercising their legal rights.
Where there are no more CD's to buy (as you assert that music should be free), how do I support the artist if I want to? Remember, my closet is too full of t-shirts, and almost all of the musicians I like do not tour, or live overseas, or at least on the east coast. Send them money! If you really want to pay the artists, pay them yourself. $5 for all the songs from a cd is better than what they would be getting paid now by the record companies. Or, you could pay them a dollar or two per song that you download. Even though not everyone who downloaded their songs would do this, they would still make a profit. They would only need about 1 in 41 people to actually pay for the cd to make just as much as they would from distributing their music through record companies
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has anyone tried talking to the local newspapers or tv stations about this? They usually get stories about anything to do with computers horribly wrong (at least my local news does), but if someone explained to them everything that was entailed in this clearly, they might actually report it accurately...most people when told about the case against 2600 were appalled when it was explained to them, and if many more people could be given the same information, there might be a bit more support for the people who are exercising their legal rights.
Im not a lawyer, but if its a state law, doesnt that mean that it would only be enforceable for spam that comes from companies based in Colorado?
Where there are no more CD's to buy (as you assert that music should be free), how do I support the artist if I want to? Remember, my closet is too full of t-shirts, and almost all of the musicians I like do not tour, or live overseas, or at least on the east coast. Send them money! If you really want to pay the artists, pay them yourself. $5 for all the songs from a cd is better than what they would be getting paid now by the record companies. Or, you could pay them a dollar or two per song that you download. Even though not everyone who downloaded their songs would do this, they would still make a profit. They would only need about 1 in 41 people to actually pay for the cd to make just as much as they would from distributing their music through record companies