Subj : Should EMulation....
To   : Amcleod
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Jun 09 2000 08:13 am

RE: Should EMulation....
BY: Amcleod to Tinman on Fri Jun 09 2000 04:25 am

 >  >  Where exactly did matalica get the list of 300,000+ names of poeple who 
 >  > matalica songs???
 >  >
 >  >  And do you actually agree with them sueing napster?!?! i mean the implic
 >  > of the presedent that would set would extend all over the place! Juston,
 >  > I-drive, ect... ect... every online-storage company known would be put in
 >  > jeoperdy!
 > 
 > They got the names by logging on themselves and taking note of who else logg
 > on and D/L Metallica tracks.  (I don't use Napster myself, so don't ask me t
 > details.)
 > 
 > As for suing Napster - why not?  They knowingly allow this to happen, and th
 > blatantly have this "Wotcha gonna do about it?" attitude.  Well, if a SysOp 
 > the blatant policy of letting his BBS be used to pass kiddiPr0n around, he'd
 > axed and good riddance.  Why not napster?  Because they are richer?

Because Naptster is simply a means of sharing MP3 files and not all MP3 files
are illegal to share (many artists, like Weedpuller, release MP3 files for free
for promotional reasons). There is certainly a hell of a lot more piracy going
on through FTP and HTTP servers, but you don't see anyone suing the makers of
the FTP and HTTP server software.

Rob

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