Re: [Nolug] Free software vs. Goliaths -- maybe gave the wrong impression to non-geeks

Yeah. Besides, the RIAA stopped representing the artists a long time ago.

Check here :)
http://www.attrition.org/gallery/computing/riaa.jpg

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On Monday 25 November 2002 05:34 pm, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/329/business/Free_software_vs_Goliaths+.s
>html
>
> This is a very interesting article that I am glad has been
> written. However, maybe unintentionally, there is a *big* slant
>
> against free-as-in-speech software:
> > desperate to prevent us from making perfect - and perfectly
> > illegal - digital copies of their products.
>
> Even though further down you mention Jon Johansen and Rep. Boucher,
> this sentence at the in paragraph 4 is *very* misleading/one-sided
> and is the 1st thing that readers see. Why is it misleading?
>
> By neglecting to mention that *many* people make personal copies
> of, for example, CDs that they pay for with their own money, and
> think that people who trade copyrighted music/videos on peer-peer
> networks are criminals who should be prosecuted.
>
> Why, you ask, would someone someone want to legally rip music and
> make multiple copies of it? Well, to put it in his/her portable MP3
> player and on his/her PC and listen to the music that way (impossible
> to lose/scratch your CDs that way). This also allows both you and
> your Significant Other to listen to different songs from the same CD
> at the same time. Bottom line: flexibility and freedom.
>
> But you may say, "but 'they' only want to prevent people from
> making illegal copies". I disagree. There is no way to discriminate
> between personal use and illegal use, once the music has been
> ripped off the disc. Thus, they (RIAA/MPAA) would love to make us
> buy multiple copied of the same disc.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Ron

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