Comment Re:Why does everyone seem to hate mp3.com? (Score 1) 427
first off, mp3.com had no legal ground to stand on and i am glad they lost. i love their "normal" service but my.mp3.com was such a blatant violation of IP/copyright law that all one could do is laugh.
i am expecting napster to lose as well, albeit a totally different case. someone on here posted the case that is guaranteed to be cited in the napster case. basically it says that you can't provide a facility that knowingly will be used for the purpose of violation of IP/copyright law. the naivety of napsters childish ceo will be quickly smitten from his face and i will be grateful.
i hope that mp3.com survives, as i love their service, both the downloads for consumers to preview artists and their distrobution of dam cd's for their artists. they're still ripping off the artists hard, another cd label making the big bucks while the artist gets pennies... but percentage wise, it helps a lot of epole who would never get heard make a little bit of bank more than they would chasing their dream with a record label that wouldn't give them the time of day.
as for napster though, i look forward to seeing it get smashed. i hope the ftp's follow. anyone with intelligence who truly wants to defy the law in pursuit of being "1337" should be using freenet anyway or staying in their mp3 crew. i feel sorry for all the poor souls who think this way though and i hope they someday grow up and realize what they are doing.
just a little rant.
i am expecting napster to lose as well, albeit a totally different case. someone on here posted the case that is guaranteed to be cited in the napster case. basically it says that you can't provide a facility that knowingly will be used for the purpose of violation of IP/copyright law. the naivety of napsters childish ceo will be quickly smitten from his face and i will be grateful.
i hope that mp3.com survives, as i love their service, both the downloads for consumers to preview artists and their distrobution of dam cd's for their artists. they're still ripping off the artists hard, another cd label making the big bucks while the artist gets pennies... but percentage wise, it helps a lot of epole who would never get heard make a little bit of bank more than they would chasing their dream with a record label that wouldn't give them the time of day.
as for napster though, i look forward to seeing it get smashed. i hope the ftp's follow. anyone with intelligence who truly wants to defy the law in pursuit of being "1337" should be using freenet anyway or staying in their mp3 crew. i feel sorry for all the poor souls who think this way though and i hope they someday grow up and realize what they are doing.
just a little rant.
