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Originally Posted by Babaganoosh
If you "share" songs that you bought with someone who didn't pay for them, you are stealing. It is illegal regardless of motive or profit. It doesn't matter if you distribute one copy or thousands.
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I can buy art, and resell it, yet the artist makes nothing.
I can buy a person hand crafted item, say a table, and resell it in the paper, same deal.
I can buy just about anything in the world, including books, and resell them on my own terms, and the original creators make nothing.
As long as I don't rebrand, try to duplicate it, say it's my own version, make a corporate profit, ect.. it's all legal.
Until you get to some music and movies. However, I can buy a cd/dvd for a gift, and sample it first. I can lend anything to a person I want, including my car, even my house, hell my kids.. but I can't lend someone a DVD, legally...
Don't you think they are abusing the power of the law, just a tiny bit, in some cases at least?