[Rumori] latest riaa news Billboard vandalism and other illegal art

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That's not necessarily true.  In some cases (Soulseek, AudioGalaxy) there is
a centralized server that users authenticate to and obtain indexing from,
but the file transfers occur between users (i.e. no files are actually
stored on the server).

s_w

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rumori-bounces at detritus.net [mailto:rumori-bounces at detritus.net]On
> Behalf Of Vicki Bennett
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 1:28 AM
> To: Detritus discussion list.
> Subject: Re: [Rumori] latest riaa news Billboard vandalism and other
> illegal art
>
>
> Hi
>
> That isn't the case though - because these servers are being uploaded
> into, as well as downloaded from.
>
> Vicki
>
> >The problem, however, seems to be this: technically, it is the act of
> >'copying' that is in violation of copyright, eg those who download items
> >they do not in fact own are violating the spirit of copyright.
> Of note, it
> >seems to me that those who merely 'host' files and have them on
> their hard
> >drives or whatnot might very well own all that music via ripped CDs or
> >whatnot, and merely having them on your publicly available drive
> shouldn't
> >constitute a crime, much less one more severe than the actual
> demonized act
> >of copying...right? Or is this too logical for the RIAA to follow?
>
>
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