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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:42 PM Original message |
Lower court’s ruling stands: Downloading music is not a crime |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. This really sucks for the artists. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Dumb headline. All this ruling says is that the act of downloading |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Yes, it does. The crime is distribution, not downloading. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. It's the right decision, but it doesn't say what you think it does. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. No it doesn't. Just for Sony, et. al. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. No it doesn't. With the internet artist can go direct, skip the middle men and still make more money |
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Brian Okamura (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. The artists get paid for their labor. |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Sucks for the writers. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. no it doesn't... it sucks for parasites living off of artists |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. They either had to decide this way or lock up most everyone with an iPad. |
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Swede Atlanta (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. The artists want it both ways....... |
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bainz (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The difference is the ease that the media can be distributed |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 01:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Wrong, duplicating and downloading fail the logical test for "theft." |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 06:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Metallica owed its early popularity to tapes. |
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Brian Okamura (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Yes, they do want it both ways, and I do not "appreciate their concerns" |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. They insisted that was going to be the end of music too. |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I agree. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Yeah. Digitial distribution has changed everything for independent artists. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R n/t |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. great news! now to smash back the EU extensions of copyright...... long live ceativity |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. If we can record off the radio or a tv concert, as we can, I never understood how |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Those things are all illegal, but not generally prosecuted unless... |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. If I am walking down the street whistling a tune, I am supposed |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. If true to the score, then theoretically yes. But like you say fat chance. /nt |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. The artists have been screwed |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 06:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Every time. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. Shocking ruling, wow. They get it right every now and again. |
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lbrtbell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. Quit whining, Music Industry! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. File Sharing has helped many artists by making them KNOWN |
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