Keep File-Sharing Legal. Fight RIAA

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downloading and viewing copywrited material is perfectly legal so long as you own the original version of the program/song you are downloading. so by downloading it you are not commiting an offence unless you don't own the thing you are getting. however the person who origionally ripped the item is breaking the law. thats the argument against it however the reason this hasn't been shut down completely is that all the files are stored on seperate systems (peer 2 peer client share) rather than storing most info on a central server ( Like napster ) KAZZA will not be shut down as the creators of the program have done nothin leagally wrong. just because its used for free games,music and porn by everyone doesn't make them leagally responsible. its just like sueing microsoft because osama bin laden used a windows based PC to plan the terror attacks.

Very good comparison. I do think music sharing wont be quite as popular becuase today Universal announced they are lowering the price of cd's, so major shopping centers like Walmart will be able to sell cd's for <$10. Which is great -- I might start buying CD's.

I bought the james bond movie die another day for 15.99 the day it came out at circuit city...music albums cost 15.99 - 18.99 EVERYWHERE. Which is ridiculious, it costs NOWHERE near the same to produce a music cd than it does to make a movie. Some might argue the reason music cd's are more expensive is becuase movies get shown in theaters, but they are two completely different forms of "jobs" for the performers. If someone is a music performer they should realize they won't make as much and/or the recording companies wont make as much.