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The Eighteenth "Napster" Item
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Apr 11 07:00 UTC 2004 |
Napster the original corporation has been destroyed, its trademarks
now owned by an authorized music retailer. But the Napster
paradigm, in which computers and networks give ordinary people
unprecedented control over intellectual property, continues.
This is another quarterly installment in a series of weblog
and discussion about the deconstruction of the music industry and
other copyright industries, with side forays into
'intellectual property, freedom of expression, electronic media,
corporate control, and evolving technology,' as polygon once
phrased it.
Several years of back items are easily found in the music2 and music3
conferences, covering discussions all the way back to the initial
popularity of the MP3 format.
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starship
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response 1 of 72:
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Apr 11 12:36 UTC 2004 |
Yes, its illigal. But, coping music off the internet isnt REALLY as bad as
the music industry makes it sound. They are all just power and money hogs that
wouldnt give a shit if a person at a lower position then them died, as long
as they didin't make any money. They've got plenty of cash, and i don't really
think it would affect the music writers or producers much if they lost just
a bit of it to those in a lesser position.
Pardon me if I'm wrong but thats just my opinion.
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