Get this http://web.palmone.com/products/Product.jhtml?id=4 10001&cat=310004 very nice cable about $24 and it will charge your phone from USB port power. Then get this http://www.junefabrics.com/palmnet/index.php it's a proxy software for the treo. ~$50 later you have a solution that lets you connect your laptop via the treo to the internet. Great for the roadwarriors, I use it all the time and it's fast. I used the Sprint card too and I say this is faster then the card.
The bottom line is that the current laws reflects this pratice as being illegal. No matter how much you may hate this law that is what it is. It's widely known that music swapping is illegal, it's like speeding, you know the speed limit is 65 but yet you go 70 down the freeway.
Anyone doing so is aware of the risks, the cop can be there at any point and nab you for speeding. Same is true for music swapping. If you do it you are fully aware that the RIAA is there watching and will nab you sooner or later.
Until laws change or a new distribution channel is setup for artists the RIAA is a necessary evil and will have to abide by it's rules. If you don't then you can't bitch when you are catch.
The discussion whether they can prove it is a moot point since it's everyones personal ethics at question. They laws says X therefore by doing Y you are doing something wrong whether you like it or not.
There are better solutions to solve the problem. Boycott purchasing CDs. If everyone on the planet stopped buying CDs today RIAA would have to come up with a more agreeable means to music distribution that would cause their consumers to come back. The answer isn't to do something unlawful because they just gives the RIAA a stronger leg to stand on.
Final note. Artist currently have to depend on the RIAA and music industry for the distribution of their music. Their is no other way currently for an artist to record and market and distribute their songs. Wouldn't it be great if there was an "open source" recording studio that allowed artists to come in record their music and then an "open source" marketing company to market the artist and then an "open source" delivery system that would allow the artis to get paid a fair amount for each song downloaded or swapped. Say a song ranged 10c a title. People would be more inclined to just pay the 10c then do something illegal. Artists have to survive too and right now it's the RIAA that is doing it for them.
Conclusion: A) boycott CD purchasing to force reform. B) create an alternative method for artists to record and distribute their art and thus bypass the RIAA.
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Here is a good work around.
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I agree. Seems like that had this problem before... http://www.ceet.niu.edu/faculty/vanmeer/outage.htm
The bottom line is that the current laws reflects this pratice as being illegal. No matter how much you may hate this law that is what it is. It's widely known that music swapping is illegal, it's like speeding, you know the speed limit is 65 but yet you go 70 down the freeway.
Anyone doing so is aware of the risks, the cop can be there at any point and nab you for speeding. Same is true for music swapping. If you do it you are fully aware that the RIAA is there watching and will nab you sooner or later.
Until laws change or a new distribution channel is setup for artists the RIAA is a necessary evil and will have to abide by it's rules. If you don't then you can't bitch when you are catch.
The discussion whether they can prove it is a moot point since it's everyones personal ethics at question. They laws says X therefore by doing Y you are doing something wrong whether you like it or not.
There are better solutions to solve the problem. Boycott purchasing CDs. If everyone on the planet stopped buying CDs today RIAA would have to come up with a more agreeable means to music distribution that would cause their consumers to come back. The answer isn't to do something unlawful because they just gives the RIAA a stronger leg to stand on.
Final note. Artist currently have to depend on the RIAA and music industry for the distribution of their music. Their is no other way currently for an artist to record and market and distribute their songs. Wouldn't it be great if there was an "open source" recording studio that allowed artists to come in record their music and then an "open source" marketing company to market the artist and then an "open source" delivery system that would allow the artis to get paid a fair amount for each song downloaded or swapped. Say a song ranged 10c a title. People would be more inclined to just pay the 10c then do something illegal. Artists have to survive too and right now it's the RIAA that is doing it for them.
Conclusion:
A) boycott CD purchasing to force reform.
B) create an alternative method for artists to record and distribute their art and thus bypass the RIAA.