[Rhodes22-list] file sharing on a sailboat..

[Lou Rosenberg]

Slim..
  Just read your post on P2P.. I agree with you on the privacy violation.
  The Supreme Court should hear this case and hopefully when it does 
there will be some sane jurists on it.
  You make the case for being able to just buy one song ,, enter 
iTunes and need I say anything more.  I love my Mac but have not 
fallen victim of going to my credit or debit card to pay .99for music 
which should cost CONSIDERABLY LESS per song on a contractual basis 
as they require.
  But your analogy on taping things and releasing the analog copies is 
a poor one.   As a videographer  I need use of many online songs to 
complete NOT FOR BROADCAST work but have to constantly remind my 
clients that this is blatantly illegal .  Most clients supply their 
own CD or  cassette and the issue is easily resolved, but songs are 
downloaded for personal videos 24/7 and they  (ARA) know this.  ARA 
want to have a beachead to start their war against piracy which does 
increase the price consumers pay at the store.  They might have won 
the first battle but eventually i think they lose the war .
  And  for the sailboat analogy..
  and this is not a great one but it comes to mind first..
A)  If i found a chart of certain waters that is up to date but not 
released to the public as yet and scan it into my computer and share 
it with you, am I breaking a copyright law or a Coast Guard 
regulation ?
B) If another chart is published and I am just sharing it with you am 
I still breaking the law because its 'just a piece of paper' or am I 
being a good sailor and sharing what I know with another sailor just 
to be friendly?  That chart may have cost just as much to produce as 
a professional music CD.
  Just my .02 on this matter
  Lou