Comment What I wanna know is... (Score 1) 500
2 things:
1. If this happens across the US, who is getting paid to police this security measure? I mean, someone is going to have to go through all that kept personal information on all these people trying to unload their unwanted cds and check it with stolen goods records, right?
2. As some others have said, the same things could be said for the sale of any used item. Where does it end though? A few years back, I was a big fan of the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I was sadly rarely at home when it was on so I always programmed my VCR to record it for me. I now have just about every episode on tape from when it originally aired. Can I be charged with theft for this? Or this... as a child I remember my neighbor getting the brand new Madonna tape for her birthday. Consequently, me and 4 other girls on the street ran home, grabbed a blank tape and ran back to make a copy. On other occasions, we even shared our cassettes and passed them amongst eachother. So now, when my son and his friends pass around video games.. they are breaking the law? By being good friends and having good sharing skills?
I personally am of the crowd that no longer purchases CDs. I am also not a fan of trendy crappy music and I dont listen to the radio either. What I do, is similar to what I did as a child. See, I have friends. Sometimes a friend or even myself comes across new music in the many other ways you can hear the stuff and we talk about it. And, good friends that we are, we swap and share and borrow things with eachother.
Oh the horror. We should all be locked up. Lord knows there isnt anything worse than a friend who lets another friend borrow a flippin CD.
And these security measures are somehow going to stop theft and piracy? .. cha ..
Will I be arrested one day for passing on my childrens old clothing to a friend or family member? Or worse.. for selling it on eBay?
This land is becoming a scary scary place.
1. If this happens across the US, who is getting paid to police this security measure? I mean, someone is going to have to go through all that kept personal information on all these people trying to unload their unwanted cds and check it with stolen goods records, right?
2. As some others have said, the same things could be said for the sale of any used item. Where does it end though? A few years back, I was a big fan of the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I was sadly rarely at home when it was on so I always programmed my VCR to record it for me. I now have just about every episode on tape from when it originally aired. Can I be charged with theft for this? Or this... as a child I remember my neighbor getting the brand new Madonna tape for her birthday. Consequently, me and 4 other girls on the street ran home, grabbed a blank tape and ran back to make a copy. On other occasions, we even shared our cassettes and passed them amongst eachother. So now, when my son and his friends pass around video games.. they are breaking the law? By being good friends and having good sharing skills?
I personally am of the crowd that no longer purchases CDs. I am also not a fan of trendy crappy music and I dont listen to the radio either. What I do, is similar to what I did as a child. See, I have friends. Sometimes a friend or even myself comes across new music in the many other ways you can hear the stuff and we talk about it. And, good friends that we are, we swap and share and borrow things with eachother.
Oh the horror. We should all be locked up. Lord knows there isnt anything worse than a friend who lets another friend borrow a flippin CD.
And these security measures are somehow going to stop theft and piracy?
Will I be arrested one day for passing on my childrens old clothing to a friend or family member? Or worse.. for selling it on eBay?
This land is becoming a scary scary place.
