re:This is what you should be criticizing (Re: Stallman Admits to Copyright Infringement)
>
>> Q: What do you think about people who love music
>>sharing files with
>> their neighbors?
>>
>> A: I do that. I do that. I will let anybody
borrow >>and copy my
>>records
>> and tapes. I love music, and therefore I loathe
>>the music
>>industry.
>>
>> As "loathsome" as the music industry may be, at
>>least it respects
>> Stallman's copyrights (which is more than Stallman
>>can say).
>>
>It seems that you have no idea what RMS is talking
>about. You must
>have never read his writings. In his speeches, he
>always refers to
>the copyright laws that elevate authors or artists to
>a form of
>aristocracy as an example of rights being taken away
>from people.
>Thus, his answer makes perfect sense. In addition to
>this, I would
>be surprised to find any true music fan who doesn't
>despite the
>record industry.
>
>RMS, in this dialogue, regards copying of digital
>music files
>equivalent
>to sharing your records with your neighbors. This is
>what you should
>argue about:
> i) Is sharing digital files equivalent to borrowing
>records from your
> neighbor in some sense?
> ii) Is sharing music with your neighbor right?
>
>I'd argue for sharing music on any medium. Without
any >kind of royalty
>being paid to the author.
>
>From what I heard in the interview, RMS was also
taking the side of the artist, who he feels is always
getting ripped off by the recording industry which
returns very little of the money they make back to the
artist, claiming they are due 'promotion fees'. I
think he feels that the artist deserves more for what
they do, and the recording industry is the thief. I
wonder how he would feel about 'sharing' music if the
artists were getting their fair cut of the proceeds
from record sales.
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