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Kirby Warden wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
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> > To what, specifically, do you object? I'd be interested to explore this
> > topic here on OT.Debate, but I'd like to know something more concrete about
> > your views. In any case, "Know about it/Fear it" is little more than
> > demagoguery.
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> First off, it infringes on free usage rights.
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> According to the normal copyright laws in the U.S., we have limited usage
> rights to other people's intellectual properties that allow us to quote,
> critique, distribute (with-out profit) them.
>
> The DMCA prohibits these rights.
>
> Potentially, I cannot record any of my music collection and distribute my
> favorite songs to my friends, or play them at a public gathering (i.e. club
> or party) without fear of lawsuit.
Copyright has never allowed you to copy your favorite songs onto a tape
or CD to give to a friend. Fair use probably does allow making a custom
mix for your own use (so long as you don't then sell or return the
originals). Fair use probably does allow playing music at a party, but
probably (and customarily) does not allow playing music for profit (bars
and are supposed to pay licensing fees for use of music, to make the
process a little easier, their are a couple organizations which work as
a clearing house for these fees, ASCAP is one of those organizations).
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