In Reply to: Ethics of ripping CD's borrowed from my township library posted by hifi heretic on May 1, 2012 at 15:16:00:
Some of you here seem to be extrapolating what I have admitted to doing to mean that I also engaged in other forms of music pilfering.So that there's no misunderstanding about the breadth of my transgressions let it be known that I have NEVER downloaded music off Napster or movies/TV shows, etc.. off of BitTorrent or any other such peer-to-peer service, etc. Never. Extracting songs from CDs I check out of the library struck me as different because these CDs were legally obtained by a library which I support with my local taxes (and book and cd donations). Moreover, it seemed clear that the artists compensation was unchanged whether I loaded the songs onto my HD or I returned time and again to the library check the CDs out.
Still, I recognize this was a mistake and will do as described above.
Edits: 05/03/12 05/03/12
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Follow Ups
- So you know... - hifi heretic 07:32:13 05/03/12 (2)
- "the artists compensation was unchanged" - BS64 20:40:54 05/03/12 (0)
- RE: That's not good enough... - Eldragon@gmx.com 08:14:08 05/03/12 (0)