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  • From: Lucas Gonze <lgonze AT panix.com>
  • To: Richard Stallman <rms AT gnu.org>
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  • Subject: [Community_studios] Re: Checking out rumors
  • Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 09:13:03 -1000 (HST)

LG: What should you personally do about this? The main thing you can do
LG: is to start changing your listening habits. Make a firm decision that
LG: you will neither listen to unauthorized music nor agree to
LG: unacceptable terms

RMS: I never agree to any terms for use of copies of music, and I do not
RMS: accept DRM copies (corrupt disks). However, I see nothing wrong in
RMS: using unauthorized copies, not for me or for anyone else. Sharing
RMS: music is everyone's natural right, and there is no reason not to
RMS: practice it.

There is nothing morally wrong with using unauthorized copies, but it
is a bad idea anyway.

Unless you stay away from unauthorized music,

...you make it harder for us to build up music which is both
authorized and good...

- The things you are promoting to others ("hey, check out this
great carnatic song") are going to be unshareable.

- You cannot follow the golden rule when you like something, and
others who discover music they like from your recommendations
also cannot follow the golden rule.

- You tell others 'we need the RIAA,' which is not true.

...you give up political ground...

- You give off the smell of just wanting to not pay for stuff
and being childish about it.

- You make it easy for those who don't understand the difference
between free as an beer and free as in freedom to continue in
their error.

...you are not free...

- You are not free if you have to break the law in order to obey
a moral imperative. Sharing is a moral imperative, but if you
share unauthorized music then you make yourself vulnerable to
a subpoena attack.

- You are not free if you have to hide and live in the shadows
in order to do daily business. You have a choice about
whether you will live like that. You can choose to listen
only when it does not require you to hide.

- If you really cannot give up unauthorized distribution, you
must give up hiding in order to be free. For example, you
could document every instance of unauthorized distribution by
publishing screen casts of your computer use whenever you
engage in unauthorized distribution. You could also send a
notification letter to the holder of a copyright whenever you
do something which violates their terms.






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