This is a real newsclip:The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) sent letters to 40 US university presidents informing them of pirated content on their schools' networks, asking they take action to halt the violations. The RIAA and the MPAA say students are trading files across school LANs rather than sending them over the Internet.
Next - the RIAA and MPAA send letters to every parent asking they stop their kids from letting their friends come over to listen to music or watch movies........
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Perhaps. But trying to stop sharing with the Internet is one thing. The universities cleaned up their act by taking their music and keeping it local. Trying to stop sharing on a closed LAN is (IMHO) pushing it. How much further would they push the idea of 'sharing' media? I understand your qualm, but how small does a group enjoying each others' music have to be before they're no longer breaking the law.
I think the law allowed for home taping back in the 70's and although people may have 'broke the law' by making mixed tapes for friends, the RIAA didn't go around suing those people. Possibly because a)they couldn't prove who got the music from whom and b)the RIAA may have acknowledged back then that home tape sharing actually did more for their business in the long term.
Honestly, sometimes I feel like Bones arguing with Spock.......
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