Illegal File-Sharing

[nadeem111as]

it has to be legal

[Cheffy]

Wonder how far back the person had to go to find this post......
It was started 11-17-05, 07:09 AM

So i think its settled, i dont thing the person that started the thread need more inputs for his paper. (unless he failed 2 years in a row)

[haydeno]

i think there should be a way we can volenteer to pay $0.01-.02 for royalties to protect from legal action

[bklan989]

How bout this
Only the original creator owner of such file is allowed to prosecute or punish a proven guilty offender of copyright laws.

IE
A 13 year old girl is "caught downloading a song". The only entitiy that could press charges is the person that actually wrote the song. Meaning an artist would have to look at a person who has expressed interest in his/her music judge them accordingly. hmmm.... how many ARTISTS would actually prosecute every offender?? Wouldn't they be satisfied that there music is reaching a whole new group of people?? Or would they chose to give a hefty fine to someone is who is now a fan of their music?

My point, we need to bring hell down on the music industry and put it back in the artist's hands. (figurativley speaking)

[haydeno]

How bout this
Only the original creator owner of such file is allowed to prosecute or punish a proven guilty offender of copyright laws.

IE
A 13 year old girl is "caught downloading a song". The only entitiy that could press charges is the person that actually wrote the song. Meaning an artist would have to look at a person who has expressed interest in his/her music judge them accordingly. hmmm.... how many ARTISTS would actually prosecute every offender?? Wouldn't they be satisfied that there music is reaching a whole new group of people?? Or would they chose to give a hefty fine to someone is who is now a fan of their music?

My point, we need to bring hell down on the music industry and put it back in the artist's hands. (figurativley speaking)

Very GOOD!

Isnt piracy techically petty theft(punishable by $500 max fine) ???

[mbucari1]

it should stay illegal...

1. deters some people and thus the artists make money
2. wouldn't be as much fun.

[frob1]

Yes it should be legal. The amount of money that the artists make is beyond normal thinking.

[ulun64]

Why need to legalized something that's already legal?

You are merely sharing music with "friends". You are not selling the music for money or profit.

The issue now is the loss of profit from the recording company.

[bataya]

only for poersonal use

[thewizeard]

As I mentioned earlier, regarding this convenient list of pirates; who are actually not doing anything illegal at all. They are just sharing data; with friends.

Dear Readers,

I am doing a research paper and I thought that if I conducted my own Poll it would add some Support. (Research Paper is on Illegal FileSharing(Music in particular), concentrating on why it should be legalized)

So I will be conducting a Poll to see how the results turn out to be... And for those that vote I would appreciate it if you could give an explanation of your answer (Might quote you).

Well happy Voting and thank you for your support.

Perhaps you could give us some feedback and lets us see your research paper...