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.
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On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Private property != intellecutal property. If anything, my "private property" claim is stronger than your IP one, since the bits are on MY server. :)
Then Napster should have no problem since 'possession' is 9/10's of the law...
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On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Reese wrote:
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. ____________________________________________________________________ We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. D.H. Lawrence The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------
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