stealing music, and the future of copyright

So does this thread die now? Somehow, I don't think so.

 

nobody is stopping you from throwing in your 2 cents.

 

Leave it up to me:thumb:
Here is an interesting article a while back about copying DVD's.
Some would suggest that copying dvds is no different than using a vcr or recording music off the radio or the satellite.
The only difference is that it is new technology versus old technology.
Let me be the first to say that the old technology sucked because I still remember waiting and listening to the radio for hours before I could record East Bound and Down!:yelwink2:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,119549-page,1/article.html

 

I have never respected anyone as I respect you right now. This is the most awesome thing ever posted on this forum. You deserve a medal.:thumb:

 

i often rent a dvd, then i forget to watch it, so i copy it to my laptop and return it, then watch it later and delete it. i am pretty sure this is illegal, although i definitely do not feel bad about it. perhaps i am a sociopath.

 

I pretty much do the same my friend.
With a 2 year old and a six year old in the house we would never watch a movie or rent otherwise.
Matter of fact we are lucky to watch 30 minutes straight in our house at a time, special needs children.

I'm not sure I get it?:redface:

Its funny the way movies and songs affect our lives especially when we are young.
Smokey and the Bandit and Star Wars are my favorite movies as a kid and somewhat continues today.
I still like no other car better than a 1977 Bandit Edition black Trans Am.
I also still would like to own one someday.
I was 12 years old when these movies came out and I wanted to be like Burt Reynolds and ride cover for a trucker if not be a trucker at the time.
BTW, Waiting to record that song was how I heard about Elvis death, talking about breaking news.
They say you never forget where you were and what you were doing at the time and they be right!:grin:

 

When I was driving from Atlanta to Baton Rouge for football games I would listen to West Bound and Down non-stop for the entire trip. I would speed excessively the whole way. My goal was always to beat my best time. My best time ever was from Duluth to 100 Oaks in 6 hours and 9 minutes.

Eastbound and Down is equally awesome to West Bound and Down. Actually it is more awesome because at east bound they already have the beer.

 

martin's point = if you do not physically take something from the creator, then it is not stealing. Copyright is determined by the ability to control information. Free duplication to all information is good for the creators & hurts no one.

Red's point = whether the creator has one less copy or not is irrelevent. Someone now has an exact duplicate (the key to this thing) of the creator's work, without paying for it. Copyright is determined by the extent of duplication as opposed to knowledge transfer. Whether free duplication is good for the creator or not is irrelevent, it is their choice of whether they wish it to be distributed freely or not.

I think martin has a very interesting idea, and maybe something that could work in a different time & culture. Perhaps he's right in that he's ahead of his time... But in today's world, from a legal & moral standpoint, Red is correct.