Putting files available for sharing is not illegal. If I leave a CD on a public park bench and someone walks up and copies it, I am not guilty of copyright infringement. The person who makes the copy is guilty, if you feel the need to assign guilt.
Here is a hypothetical. I set up "public park benches" en masse, on which there are CDs sitting around. These CDs may or may not belong to me. People walk by and copy and these CDs. The only people who could be committing an illegal act are the people who grabbed those CDs and copied them. So whoever set up the "benches" for this to take place, could in fact be _contributing_ to the illegal acts. Perhaps Joe should be charged with contributing to the illegal acts. But still, how can Joe be responsible for what other people do. But even with this, it is slippery slope. Is Tech liable because they supplied the infrastructure to let this happen and didn't "police" it well enough?
And as far as Tech not standing up to him, I ask you to read this (linked in the parent comment): "Part of me says, how could somebody so smart be so dumb?" said Dean Woodbeck, director of news and information for MTU." Having the director of news at MTU call you dumb is certainly actionable on a legal level. And while I agree the President Curt Tompkins was cool in saying, talk to us first before you sue our kids, he is also in agreement with Dean Woodbeck and just about everybody else that Joe is the boogeyman (to the tune of 98 billion) of copyright infringement. He installed a program on a LAN!
The RIAA is taking their scare tactics to another level and losing any allies they might had (Universities who buy what they say).
I will leave MTU when I have my degree. I DEFINATELY will not be donating as an alum, when and if I can find a job someday.
And yes, Joe has the most potential, limitless. At this point his name is being blacklisted at a rapid rate. People need to stand up for him. Analyze the situation and fight back harder than the RIAA has attacked him.
I've had a couple CS classes with him. He is smarter than the professors and I've never seen him not know what to do or not be able to answer a question. For proof of his work see, the Top Coder competition from last year.
http://www.cpwire.com/archive/2002/4/22/1045prin t. asp
He finished fourth at this nationwide competition at MIT. www.topcoder.com
If they even take a small chip out of him, he should countersue. MTU needs to stand up and not call him "dumb". See the link here:
I would just like to say that this is successfully happening TODAY as I write. Pearl Jam is an extremely progressive band.
You can buy a CD of every show they are doing. Fan club members ($15 / year) are able to buy them at $12.98 for what is usually a 2cd set. Non fan club members buy sets for $14.98 a set.
With purchase of a CD set, you are given a "secret" link to download the mp3 of the show. This link is emailed automatically, if you have signed up to buy a CD set of the show. I was able to download the show that happened in Brisbane, Austrailia last night in about 8 hours after the show finished. The show came in 64kbs, 22khz, mp3.
While not a perfect system, this is a step in the right direction. 10 years from now, I hope we are all laughing at the current record industry.
Launch magazine is simply reporting on a blog entry from Moby dating back to winter 2002. This blog entry was picked up by Details magazine (where I read it) this spring and discussed here and there since then.
Album sales for Pearl Jam has been hurt (they only sell 1 or 2 million for each record compared to 4 or 5 million) since they refused to play the game and shake their asses on MTV. The tech savvy PJ fans who tape and trade their music (online and off), spark the interest of nascent PJ fans. The more exposure, the more people have an interest in PJ music.
I disagree with Moby that tech-savvy fans are the reason album sales are down. Napster and the ilk are responsible for album sales decline for those people who are marginal purchasers of the music. Why spend $17 on a CD when you're not sure if you like the music or not? It's a better gamble to spend the time on a P2P network and get it that way.
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Putting files available for sharing is not illegal. If I leave a CD on a public park bench and someone walks up and copies it, I am not guilty of copyright infringement. The person who makes the copy is guilty, if you feel the need to assign guilt.
Here is a hypothetical. I set up "public park benches" en masse, on which there are CDs sitting around. These CDs may or may not belong to me. People walk by and copy and these CDs. The only people who could be committing an illegal act are the people who grabbed those CDs and copied them. So whoever set up the "benches" for this to take place, could in fact be _contributing_ to the illegal acts. Perhaps Joe should be charged with contributing to the illegal acts. But still, how can Joe be responsible for what other people do. But even with this, it is slippery slope. Is Tech liable because they supplied the infrastructure to let this happen and didn't "police" it well enough?
And as far as Tech not standing up to him, I ask you to read this (linked in the parent comment): "Part of me says, how could somebody so smart be so dumb?" said Dean Woodbeck, director of news and information for MTU." Having the director of news at MTU call you dumb is certainly actionable on a legal level. And while I agree the President Curt Tompkins was cool in saying, talk to us first before you sue our kids, he is also in agreement with Dean Woodbeck and just about everybody else that Joe is the boogeyman (to the tune of 98 billion) of copyright infringement. He installed a program on a LAN!
The RIAA is taking their scare tactics to another level and losing any allies they might had (Universities who buy what they say).
I will leave MTU when I have my degree. I DEFINATELY will not be donating as an alum, when and if I can find a job someday.
And yes, Joe has the most potential, limitless. At this point his name is being blacklisted at a rapid rate. People need to stand up for him. Analyze the situation and fight back harder than the RIAA has attacked him.
I've had a couple CS classes with him. He is smarter than the professors and I've never seen him not know what to do or not be able to answer a question. For proof of his work see, the Top Coder competition from last year.
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http://www.cpwire.com/archive/2002/4/22/1045pri
He finished fourth at this nationwide competition at MIT. www.topcoder.com
If they even take a small chip out of him, he should countersue. MTU needs to stand up and not call him "dumb". See the link here:
http://wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,58351,00.
MTU watch yourself. If MTU continues to mess with you...Joe...transfer to a school that will protect your rights, or at least stand up for you.
May the RIAA burn.
See you at the MUB.
I would just like to say that this is successfully happening TODAY as I write. Pearl Jam is an extremely progressive band.
You can buy a CD of every show they are doing. Fan club members ($15 / year) are able to buy them at $12.98 for what is usually a 2cd set. Non fan club members buy sets for $14.98 a set.
With purchase of a CD set, you are given a "secret" link to download the mp3 of the show. This link is emailed automatically, if you have signed up to buy a CD set of the show. I was able to download the show that happened in Brisbane, Austrailia last night in about 8 hours after the show finished. The show came in 64kbs, 22khz, mp3.
While not a perfect system, this is a step in the right direction. 10 years from now, I hope we are all laughing at the current record industry.
Launch magazine is simply reporting on a blog entry from Moby dating back to winter 2002. This blog entry was picked up by Details magazine (where I read it) this spring and discussed here and there since then.
Album sales for Pearl Jam has been hurt (they only sell 1 or 2 million for each record compared to 4 or 5 million) since they refused to play the game and shake their asses on MTV. The tech savvy PJ fans who tape and trade their music (online and off), spark the interest of nascent PJ fans. The more exposure, the more people have an interest in PJ music.
I disagree with Moby that tech-savvy fans are the reason album sales are down. Napster and the ilk are responsible for album sales decline for those people who are marginal purchasers of the music. Why spend $17 on a CD when you're not sure if you like the music or not? It's a better gamble to spend the time on a P2P network and get it that way.
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