At 09:10 AM 4/7/01 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:

On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Reese wrote:

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Napster has a problem because what they are holding was initially purchased by someone, who then violated the copyright notice by .mp3 encoding it and uploading/making it available. They are a more lucrative target than the millions of somebodies, so they were targeted by the RIAA.

OTOH, I didn't pay you for your email I have on my hard drive, and I see no copyright notice on it. I think I'll send it to a couple different places.

A copyright notice isn't required to copyright a work. It's automatic. Moot point.

Napster has a problem because they're distributing work that belongs to somebody else.

Consider this, do you own the music on a CD that you purchase? No.

Can I play that CD where/when I want, or give it away? Yes. I just can't give away copies of that CD. Your email, otoh, is taking up space on my hard drive, so if I send it out, then delete it,,, Reese