Chapter 8 Discussion

I think the consumer does own the music or movie once it is purchased. We should be able to copy and use it however when ever and however many times we like, provided we are not distributing for profit.  The people that would argue with me take themselves too seriously. In particular, Hollywood is already making money hand over fist….so do they really need to be that greedy.  Many musicians are the same way.  The struggling poor artist WANTS his/her material to get out there and spread around like an epidemic.  Writers have always known that people will loan their books out and sell them.  Again, they may get additional exposure from that action, possibly a new fan that may not have existed otherwise.  I don’t believe the origianl Napster was a good idea, but leave the people who actually do purchase the music alone. 

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