Subject: RE: Napsterized
From: stephen king (sking@chartercollege.edu)
Date: Tue Jul 16 2002 - 21:39:41 AKDT
In a word...yes. Much as I despise the money-grubbin' yadda-yaddas at =
RIAA et al, their argument has a core of hard truth: it is illegal to =
copy the "intellectual property" of others...songs, stories, even HTML =
code...without their permission. In the Linux community that is negated =
by the fact that the license normally states something about "freely =
distribute"...a blanket pre-authorization. Let's face it...were I the =
one who made my living writing and performing songs I'd want to be able =
to do that without people taking without paying (not, necessarily, that =
I'd demand eight figures a year out of you or the money to send my =
executives on "talent searches" to the Bahamas...but that's not really =
the point). Basically, if you created it, it's yours to do with as you =
like (to a large extent, anyways); if you did not create it, it's not =
yours. If you bought it, there's an argument that I kind of agree with =
that you should be able to make backup copies or transfer to other media =
for your own enjoyment...but that doesn't include setting up a server to =
distribute it to others to enjoy as well.
The p2p system, at its core, is a violation of the copyright laws, I =
believe. The reason folks like Morpheus et al get away with it is that =
nobody can prove they have control over the "data" which is shared, so =
effectively they get a "it's not our fault!" argument out of it. Were =
you to download a copyrighted song from a p2p system it would be you =
breaking the law, not them. You setting up an ftp/ssh/web site doesn't =
have the same protection, though, and your only real protection from the =
RIAA hounds would be in your obscurity. These days that's a chancy =
thing to bank on (though one could add not much chancier than the stock =
market, eh? <grin>).
Stephen
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Elkins [mailto:i-robot@gci.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:24 PM
To: AKLUG
Subject: Napsterized
As some may know or not know, AudioGalaxy has been fragged. All these=20
p2p sites are getting canned....I got to thinking....Why exactly are=20
these sites going down? Is it all about copyrighted media?
So, would it be wrong for us Linux users to ssh into a server and copy=20
files? It would be as simple as creating (and securing) a 'guest'=20
account, and stashing mp3's ect. there. One would then go into an IRC=20
that matches their genre of music/videos and get an IP/account/passwd.
Might that be illegal?
Adam
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