30 Nov
2002
30 Nov
'02
12:51 p.m.
on 11/30/02 2:03 PM, William Crump at crumpw@bellsouth.net wrote:
I think burning a CD technically is NOT stealing at all. Stealing is taking somebody's else property away, so this person doesn't have it anymore.
Well, it is stealing. It's stealing the artist's royalty that otherwise would have been paid if the burned-copy-recipient had bought a legit copy instead.
It's funny to me that a large part of Zorn's record collection, which certainly contributed to his inspiration, was, in fact, stolen back in the day when Zorn was relatively impecunious. I wonder (not!) if he's ever gone and repaid any of the poor artists whose music he ripped off. --Mike