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Originally posted by Luvian:
Well, personally, I think someone downloading some songs off the net is the same as someone recording songs from the radio. For years people have been recording and distributing music from the radio, and I saw no one really mind it yet.
Personaly, I don't mind if someone distribute a song he got off the radio, (or the net) to some of his friends, let's say 3-4. I only see it as a problem if it's more than that.
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Actually it was always illegal to tape songs off the radio.
Some artists I knew 12 years ago were going to try and sue their record companies, because their companies, though contractually obliged to protect their artists copyright, were manufacturing blank cassettes. Now what are you going to put on a blank cassette?
Anyhow it was never really an issue because of the quality degradation. The radio compression alters the song. The tape itself was inferior to records and then CDs. With mp3s it's a different story.