Post #19333 by hanford_lemoore on Mon, Jan 13, 2003 3:22 PM

Pele,

Would you be willing to trade the CD for some copies of Chongholio’s Stickers? I made them by downloading the image off the web, then printing them out. They look just like Chongholio’s:

Just kidding.

I think copyright infringement is wrong, for either in-print or out-of-print work, whether it’s a book, music, artwork, or whatever. It is the copyright-holder’s decision as to what to do with it.

To me it’s not about whether or not potential money is being lost, or whether or not it is hurting or helping the chances of a re-release. It is about respect for the artist, the copyright holder, and understanding that, regardless of what my desire for the music is, it’s not mine to distribute it. It’s about that fact that it’s not “right” to take someone else’s work and do what I want with it.

I think the only cut-and-dried line is to not re-distribute music that you don’t own the legal rights to. Once someone has stepped over that line, the only difference between copying in-print music vs. out-of-print music, or copying-for-trade vs. copying-for-cash is rationalization.

~Hanford