Laws and Knowledge

[John Gutmann]

It is a law for a reason, if you don't like it go find a lobbyist group.

But your asking for people's opinions, So ok here is my opinion. Just an FYI usually when I give my opinion I am usually a little harsh, don't take it personally.
Yea the law is deffinately just. If you go spend your time making music or writing a book are you gonna just give it away for free? No!!!! That is why they sell it. Sure they may be "greedy" but if you don't wanna spend the money then don't.

Your paying for a person's hard work. For many people's hard work. People have to make the plastic, make the ink, make the graphics, for the CD casing. But if if you want just the free audio, then people have to make the recording equipment, and people have to do the marketing, people have to make the materials for the equipment, make the software, make the electrical components, design it, and put it all together. And people have to make the machines that put it all together, and make those parts, and design those, and people have to pay for those skills and colleges have to pay the profs and profs have to pay for their college, and pay for their textbooks, which pays for people to write them make the ink, and print them and make that equipment.

So by everyone getting free music to world will go into dissarray.

Not really but how would you like it if a neighbor came over and jsut took your computer because they didn't feel like buying one. You wouldn't.

-John

PS - if you still don't understand you can send me your computer for free then see how it feels.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Google Books

I've used this several times. Any public domain book is free and you can read the entire thing, but a book that isn't public domain allows you to search the entire book and read selected materials. There's not really a need to buy books from that. Just search them first, then select the ones that fit your criteria, and finally find them at a library.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by John Gutmann

PS - if you still don't understand you can send me your computer for free then see how it feels.

But then I wouldn't have a computer anymore... when I download someones book they still have their writings.

Now if you asked for the exact specs of my computer and then re-created it using your own resources (eg: bandwith) I'd be all for it.