Hello Craig, It is actually hard to argue because it seems that you don't understand or pretend not to understand what I'm saying. I'm trying to say two things: 1. There should not be a law which gives the actor, composer or whoever advantage on sculptor, painter, cook or even cleaner based only on their profession. 2. Copying a CD cannot be qualified as theft. Whatever you call it - it is still not a theft. And, please, don't try to picture me as some bad guy who is trying to defend illegitimate copies because he is poor or whatsoever. It is definitely a wrong picture. I don't make pirated copies and not buying pirated CDs as well. I'm just trying to explain that there are some other ways to live and deal with art and work and copyright. And, just for a break, look at the huge and not at all Eastern European world of GPL software and think about the ways people behind it survive. Would it be an answer to the copyright crisis? May be. I don't really know... Sunday, December 1, 2002, you wrote:
CR> In copying a CD, did you purchase CR> the ingredients that go into making the CD? Other than the blank CR> CD, I'm assuming you didn't. This is the difference.
What is in there except blank CD?
CR> If you honestly think that's all it takes to make a CD, I guess it's CR> pointless to argue with you. If that were the case, we'd all be listening CR> to blank CDs. CR> I guess we should just get rid of all copyright and patent laws. Obviously CR> you can't steal anything that you can't physically hold in your hand. CR> Silly me. CR> Peter, I feel sorry for you or anyone else in a place where you cannot CR> always afford or find music that you want (though finding it is less of an CR> issue these days thanks to the large number of places to buy obscure music CR> online). If I were in your shoes I'd probably be more apt to get CR> illegitimate copies as well. It is still wrong, regardless of the CR> circumstances of your situation, but definitely more understandable than CR> some kid in the suburbs who just doesn't want to shell out the dough for CR> the latest release. NP: Morris, Joe "Singularity" (CD) -- Best regards, Peter Gannushkin e-mail: shkin@shkin.com URL: http://www.downtownmusic.net/