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You are missing the point...
Unlike the Safe Harbor provision for ISPs (where users pay for a
service, and the ISP service does not benefit from any content
the user posts), Myspace and some other sites actively benefit
from the content that their users post.

In fact, Myspace provides tools to their users to facilitate the
posting of music and video files. Myspace's entire business
model is built around selling advertising around this content
that others upload, so they actively encourage it.

The actual owners of the copyrighted works being published
(artists, publishers, etc.) get NOTHING.

Myspace is building its multibillion dollar valuation based on
other peoples' creative and intellectual property.

If I was a content owner, I'd be pissed too!

And if you think music or movies are priced too high, you don't
have to buy them. It's not like someone is holding a gun at your
head forcing you to buy, and you certainly don't need this
content like you need food, or shelter, or oil....so STFU!
Posted by: semiloon   Posted on: 11/18/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Make the criminals pay  BeGoneFool | 11/17/06
Strange  Mectron | 11/17/06
You are missing the point...  semiloon | 11/18/06
"You steal, you pay the price."  nomorems | 11/17/06
Exactly. It's all relative...  HypnoToad | 11/18/06
Who are the criminals, MySpace or the people who use MySpace?  CobraA1 | 11/18/06
Ala Napster, if they can't control it  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
That is not what court ruled and you know it  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
And what was the outcome?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
This is a differnt situation and you know it  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
Web server, P2P, who cares?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
Everyone should care  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
Well, true, I care about copyrights. Everyone should.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/06
Out of touch  DarthRidiculous | 11/17/06
The essence of a free market...  semiloon | 11/18/06
Yes I do  DarthRidiculous | 11/18/06
Your cluelessness is ASTOUNDING.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
Loud words for someone with no dog un the fight.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
Loud words for someone with no dog in the fight.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
You know everything about everything don't YOU! - NT  raycote | 11/19/06
You know everything about everything don't YOU! - NT  raycote | 11/19/06
When I was 4 I learned the difference  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
So she told you...  B.O.F.H. | 11/19/06
Ah, the loser makes personal attacks.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
Pathetic post.  mobrien_12@... | 11/19/06
Yes it was. (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
The writing is on the wall  voska | 11/20/06
Loud words for someone with no dog in the fight.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
Or do they get it  voska | 11/20/06
This will never, ever (EVER!) stop  BitTwiddler | 11/17/06
Interesting Concept  wjkahlssmd@... | 11/18/06
It's called blanket licensing  tic swayback | 11/18/06
Compulsory licenses are not new  Edward Meyers | 11/18/06
They are also not right.  osreinstall | 11/18/06
Wrong thing- Those are statutory royalties  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
I don't think so  osreinstall | 11/19/06
These aren't contracts and you failed to recognize what you read  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
No you assumed things that aren't.  osreinstall | 11/19/06
I have made no assumptions  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
Sure you did.  osreinstall | 11/19/06
The US government is a sympathizer- Please  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
You are reading it wrong.  osreinstall | 11/19/06
Absoulutly quite wrong- Thanks for playing though.  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
Yeah Right.  osreinstall | 11/19/06
2 were about the lawsuit  Edward Meyers | 11/20/06
Why do you care?  voska | 11/20/06
OSReinstall--Ask an artist  tic swayback | 11/20/06
I would if I knew one.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Voska I don't want to see anyone ripped off  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Ed, I don't think so.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
OSre--did you even read my post?  tic swayback | 11/20/06
I read it.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Missing the point  tic swayback | 11/20/06
You sure did miss the point.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Still doesn't make sense to me  tic swayback | 11/20/06
Sometimes I wonder too.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
I pay taxes for lots of things I don't use  tic swayback | 11/20/06
So do I, but let's not add to it.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Paying for the public good  tic swayback | 11/20/06
Education is way more important than the arts.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Registration would be extremely helpful!  tic swayback | 11/20/06
They have to do something.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Odd  tic swayback | 11/18/06
OMG! Watching that clip of Wonder Woman spinning was an illegal act?!  HypnoToad | 11/18/06
Yep... exactly  mobrien_12@... | 11/19/06
Time to go after HotMail, GMail, etc.  bgmacaw | 11/18/06
Hey, am I guilty of copyright violations also?!!!  el1jones | 11/18/06
You can't be that dumb  semiloon | 11/18/06
NOT that farfeched... Really  LuciferJones | 11/18/06
No you are the one who has made a dumb statement.  mobrien_12@... | 11/19/06
Think before posting  the_seb | 11/20/06
So it's okay if I play it on a radio station, or ...  el1jones | 11/20/06
Re-distributing is what you are licensed for  voska | 11/20/06
It's not a question of theft  ebudae@... | 11/20/06
True!  nightbreedjtm@... | 11/20/06
embrace them, then sue  RIAAsucks | 11/20/06
Come on, who didn't see something like this coming?  Shelendrea | 11/20/06
A few corrections...  nightbreedjtm@... | 11/20/06
As for Metallica...  nightbreedjtm@... | 11/20/06

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