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Originally posted by mr krinkle
mbossman2 surely you can see the difference between downloading some music off of the Web and shoplifting Cant you? If a person Records hours of his/hers favourite music from a local Radio station and Shares it with Friends is that Theft?
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How is it different? convince me.
But 1st lets look at the definition of stealing:
steal
v. stole, (stl) sto·len, (stln) steal·ing, steals
v. tr.
1) To take (the property of another) without right or permission.
property of dictionary.com
Now as to the recording off the radio...if you record something for your own personal use, the "fair use" doctrine comes into play, it is the same issue as if you record a TV program to time shift it to view at your leisure. If, however, you record something and then distribute it to others, then you are in violation of the owners copyright (see definition of stealing above).