http://www.frogandgoat.com/2004/06/24/sticking-it-to-the-man/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 08:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.frogandgoat.com/2004/06/24/sticking-it-to-the-man/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Frog Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:40:57 +0000 http://wp.protodesign.com/2004/06/24/sticking-it-to-the-man/#comment-45 Please don't misunderstand me...making copies for your actual friends (and not just random people who have a connection to the internet) to promote the music is a great idea and I've done that more times than I can count. Please don’t misunderstand me…making copies for your actual friends (and not just random people who have a connection to the internet) to promote the music is a great idea and I’ve done that more times than I can count.

]]> http://www.frogandgoat.com/2004/06/24/sticking-it-to-the-man/comment-page-1/#comment-44 no milk Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:17:29 +0000 http://wp.protodesign.com/2004/06/24/sticking-it-to-the-man/#comment-44 i disagree that ripping songs and making CDs for your friends is stealing, only because i consider it fair use. everybody makes mix-tapes. nobody ever said it was stealing then, what's different now? the technology is better, sure and you can make like mass produced CDs, sure. but if that is what you're doing, that's not "stealing", that's "piracy". the RIAA should concentrate on acts of piracy, not prosecuting people who genuinely want to share their music with other people and thereby promoting it. :) i disagree that ripping songs and making CDs for your friends is stealing, only because i consider it fair use. everybody makes mix-tapes. nobody ever said it was stealing then, what’s different now? the technology is better, sure and you can make like mass produced CDs, sure. but if that is what you’re doing, that’s not “stealing”, that’s “piracy”. the RIAA should concentrate on acts of piracy, not prosecuting people who genuinely want to share their music with other people and thereby promoting it.

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