[WEB4LIB] Re: Computers in Libraries and the death of copyright

[Dan Marmion]

Maybe I'm missing something here: You're saying that it's all right to
pirate (steal) someone's music because you think the legitimate owners
charge more than they should?  I don't like the way my local cable company
keeps raising my rates, so is it okay for me to illegally tap into their
signal?

Dan Marmion

Daniel Messer wrote:
> 

[big snip]

> 
> As I recall, it costs less than fifty cents to produce a single CD. Think
> about it, I can do gown to Office Depot and get a spindle of 50 blank CDs for
> US$35.00 or so. That's less than a buck a disk! So I really question why I
> should be paying US$14 - US$15 for something that costs much less to produce?
> I don't blame pirates at all, if for no other reason than they don't like
> being taken for a ride.
> 

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