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Originally Posted by yoav
it's like building a house, if you get a contractor to build you a house, the contractor does not own the house. the difference of course is that art is not an object like a house, it's abstract and should not be owned by even the person commissioning the artist to create it. but why are you asking me about that? it's in the history books, it worked for centuries.
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The contractor also has zero rights to the house. That's a terrible analogy.
There has not been a model wherein art was so accessible, so easily distributed, or so easy to rebrand.
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Originally Posted by yoav
the audio home recording act you linked to was in regard to the rio, which if you actually read it, you'd see that it clearly states it's not legal to copy something like a cd to the rio because the information on a cd directly represents the audio artwork, and is considered to be a copy of the artwork.
what it says is it is legal to copy a song from a hard drive to the rio's flash drive storage because hard drive's usually contain a number of data and software not pertaining to the song, and so the rio itself should not be illegal, as you're copying a song already on the hard drive.
this means that you can legally download a song off itunes, and copy it onto your ipod or music device. but you cannot copy a song from a cd to your hard drive, or your ipod, rio, or whatever.
it also stipulates that it's illegal to record a live stream off the internet onto the rio as the live stream is also considered a copy of the artwork.
you should really read and understand sources before you post.
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You should really read and understand what I say before you post, as I stated in my post that the AHRA does not explicitly make ripping a CD legal. But it does show an intent to protect copies of purchased art for personal use.
YOU STILL HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO PRODUCE A LAW THAT CRIMINALIZES RIPPING A CD.
Regardless, you have, over the course of this, admitted that there are unethical uses of art beyond the law, and thus you admit that thievery is not an invention of the law.
Explain to me how it is ethical to violate an artist's intent.