[WEB4LIB] Re: Audio books being shared

[Eric Hellman]

Oh well, I'm a lousy gambler. The dime is on the way.

Did I say I thought posting audio books with Napster was fair use? I 
agree that looking for an out of print song seems less criminal, but 
there's no such distinction in the law.

On economic models-  for a number of years the highest grossing 
musical group, counting all revenue streams, was the Grateful Dead, 
who encouraged their fans to "share" the music.

Back to work... (on free software!)

Eric

>Eric,
>What--you think posting audio books on Napster was done with permission or
>meets fair use criteria? Give me a break! [And send me the dime; although
>what I'm really looking for are songs from Marshall Crenshaw's criminally
>out-of-print "Good Evening" album.]
>Along with us head-in-the-sand librarians, there may be a lot of authors,
>musicians, editors, and heck--even programmers--rethinking their reasons for
>existence, unless you've got an economic model in mind that will compensate
>them for their effort and creativity.
>Jerry Kuntz
>Ramapo Catskill Library System
>jkuntz at rcls.org
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Eric Hellman <eric at openly.com>
>To: <jkuntz at rcls.org>; Multiple recipients of list
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>Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 3:39 PM
>Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Audio books being shared
>
>
>  > Jerry,
>  >
>  > I'll bet you a dime that you haven't tried napster either.
>  >
>  > Many academic libraries routinely distribute ENTIRE copyrighted
>  > articles from their collections to other libraries around the world,
>  > either by permission or through well established fair-use. The
>  > electronic equivalents of this practice are a subject of contention
>  > between publishers and libraries.
>  >
>  > I've recently been encouraging publishers, librarians, and others to
>  > actually try out Napster (Macster's very impressive as well), to see
>  > what the fuss is about, and and to learn why they have to completely
>  > rethink their reasons for existence. Not doing so is burying ones
>  > head in the sand.
>  >
>  > If you're still a Metallica fan, you can claim a hardship exemption.
>  >
>  > Eric
>  >

Eric Hellman
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