music file sharing

[Sammy Baugh Fan]

"All of which require profiting from said infringements to justify any punishment. "

Wrong.

"No reproducing or distributing this material without expressed written permission of the artist under penalty of law".
Or something like that.

There are ways for artists to make the money but from "File Sharing".

peace

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by Sammy Baugh Fan

"All of which require profiting from said infringements to justify any punishment. "

Wrong.

"No reproducing or distributing this material without expressed written permission of the artist under penalty of law".
Or something like that.

There are ways for artists to make the money but from "File Sharing".

peace

Actually I wasn't making a legal argument more or a pragmatic point that it is ridiculous to punish someone for sharing something they bought when they are not profiting at the detriment to the producer. We're talking a whole different ball game when someone is reproducing a product and selling it rather than when they reproduce it and share it with friends. I think most would agree with that.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Actually I wasn't making a legal argument more or a pragmatic point that it is ridiculous to punish someone for sharing something they bought when they are not profiting at the detriment to the producer. We're talking a whole different ball game when someone is reproducing a product and selling it rather than when they reproduce it and share it with friends. I think most would agree with that.

I agree there's distinct differences between reproducing a recording and selling it in mass quantities and someone burning a copy of a CD for a friend.

After all why are blank CD-Rs such big business, you can't tell me people are using these for data only.