
22-08-2006, 22:44
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has common ground with Matt Krass
AKA: Mike Sorrenti
 FRC #0237 (Sie-H2O-Bots (See-Hoe-Bots) [T.R.I.B.E.])
Team Role: Programmer
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: Watertown, CT
Posts: 1,003
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Re: RIAA or no RIAA?
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Originally Posted by Steve W
If it were not theft then there would be no debate as I would agree with everyone else.
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http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/175
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New ads announced by MPAA President Jack Valente impress the idea that "copying is stealing" and that someone who burns MP3s is no different from those who slip a CD under their shirt at the local Tower Records.
But technically, file sharing is not theft.
A number of years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt with a man named Dowling, who sold "pirated" Elvis Presley recordings, and was prosecuted for the Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. The Supremes did not condone his actions, but did make it clear that it was not "theft" -- but technically "infringement" of the copyright of the Presley estate, and therefore copyright law, and not anti-theft statutes, had to be invoked.
So "copying" is not "stealing" but can be "infringing." That doesn't have the same sound bite quality as Valente's position.
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