Re: [MLUG] David Pogue's Circuits: The Generational Divide in Copyright Morality (fwd)

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007, Robert Citek wrote:

> On Dec 20, 2007 3:15 PM, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
>
> > Finally, with mock exasperation, I said, "O.K., let's try one that's a 
> > little less complicated: You want a movie or an album. You don't want 
> > to pay for it. So you download it."
> >
> > There it was: the bald-faced, worst-case example, without any nuance or 
> > mitigating factors whatsoever.
> >
> > "Who thinks that might be wrong?"
> >
> > Two hands out of 500.
>
> Two other things to try:
>
> 1) One more example:
>
> "Let's say you're in a band and your band creates a music CD, shelling 
> out the money yourself for production costs.  You sell a copy to your 
> friend, who then copies it and gives it to all your other friends."
>
> 2) Flip the question:
>
> "Who thinks that's OK?"


I like how you think, Robert!  How about this one?:

Your rock band creates a music CD, and tries to recoup the production cost 
by selling CDs for only $5.00 apiece.  A multi-billion dollar record 
company gets a copy of your CD, makes it into MP3 files and gives it away 
on their web site for free.  A Google search for the name of your band 
gives that recording company's web page as its first hit.  No one buys 
another of your CDs and you lose $1,000 on the deal.

Who thinks that is OK?


Making a record company the bad guy might work even better than making 
friends the bad guys.

Mike

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