Originally posted by Roz 1999 SVT-C:


Yea, I can understand how some artisit can see there music as art,and how Kazaa may be taking away the artists right to distribute his music, but the majority are just in it for the money...



Vive l'America!

Even if "artistically" vapid, it is still the artist's right (unless expressly waived) to maintain control over their intellectual as well as physical property.

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..Also what are they going to have to go after next, people recording the super bowl, World Series, how about VHS tapes or DVD's,



All perfectly legal, with caveats. See my previous post.

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Or if people what to burn Software,



Again, legal under some circumstances. (as a backup, for your own use, as long as you have purchased the actual software)

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See they can't just single one medium out, our people can cry fowl...



They're not singling out one medium. They're finally getting to this train wreck. The others have been pursued for a long time now, and so don't make a big news story.

And just who are these socialist free-lovers you refer to as "our people?"

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See i personaly only use Kazza to get hard to find music and live shiot you cant find any where else.



Which is fine as long as the artist has granted permission. Many new artists are getting exposure on the internet that they would never have gotten via the traditional "record company" methods.

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