Originally Posted by CrkMStanz

its all about antiquated laws and quality

tape it off of a radio, you get a very inferior product (no one cares)
video your TV screen - very inferior copy (no one cares)
use a VCR - inferior copy that degrades over time (most people don't care)

until now law considered that copies were inferior/degradeable. until now law considered that if you wanted to use VCR technology to send out a million copies of the newest movie to you global 'friends' you had to buy a shitload of VCR's, pay for space and electricity, and buy a million blank tapes, pay for shipping... - all to produce inferior degradeable copies.

these are the laws that our friend gideon bases his arguments on.

then came the internet

now billions of exact copies of any digital media can be made - perfect and no degredation over time, and perfect when a copy is made from a copy - at (virtually) no cost to the individuals.

it is time that the law considers the new technologies, and the ramifications that are entirely different from those that were true in the time of gideons best friend - the VCR.

it is time

you want a perfect copy of something digital? well the news is - 'that' is someones product and property - PAY FOR IT at least once, if you want it in your life. Just because you heard something on the radio should not give you license to get a perfect personal copy for free.