| reply to vlovich
Re: There is some sanity in the world!! said by vlovich:
Is it that hard to admit that what you are doing is really illegal (the RIAA and MPAA handling of the situation is a completely different story)?
Actually to me it is. The very purpose of copyright law was to protect the artist from exploitation. When you make money off another person's work you have to give them a share and give credit where its due. Nothing more. The only time when free distribution really becomes an issue is when it actually affects the artist's livelihood (which has yet to happen). What's different now is how copyright law is interpreted by the RIAA to use the word "distribution" on its own instead of "sales and distribution", which is what's stated in copyright law. That one grey area is what the RIAA exploits regarding the legality of sharing music.
If you want to move to a moral issue that's another story, but legally the record industry's stance is iffy at best. As for me it's all about sharing a form of art and no matter how much it's shared people will continue to pay for it. That much has been shown over the past five years of what the entertainment industries call "rampant file trading on a massive scale". If it's so massive and the sales figures look as good as they do then where's the problem? |
