================================================ Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] NCR: it's about music From: "Lee Reed" To: Date: Wed 06 Nov 2002 02:57:49 -0500 ================================================ very nice, kat...short, concise, and to the point...i think you support your position very nicely... Lee >From: KJRHO@aol.com >Reply-To: The New Improved Less Lame List >To: creed-discuss@debbir.com >Subject: [ Creed Discuss ] NCR: it's about music >Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 00:37:06 EST > >Hey everybody, since we had a discussion about downloading music. I wanted >u'll to read my speech for study skills and tell me what you think. Thanks, >Kat > > Have you ever heard the old story of the farmer who went to church >alone one Sunday, because his wife was sick? Well, she wanted to know what >the sermon was about so she asked him, > > "What did the preacher talk about?" > "Sin." > "Well, what he say about it?" > "He was against it." > > Most people would agree that they are against stealing, just like >they >are against sinning. But what separates people is their definition of >stealing -- because music can be downloaded free off the internet, is it >stealing to do this? I believe this is stealing for these reasons--it is a >violation of copyright laws; it is a theft of the composer's creativity; >and >it deprives the artist of royalties that are due him and therefore >increases >the price of CD's. > > The first reason I consider downloading music as stealing is that >most >artists have copyrighted their works to protect the musician and his >artistic >effort. Copyright law is defined by www.dictionary.com as "the legal right >granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to >exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, >musical, dramatic, or artistic work." This means the music cannot be >downloaded unless there is written permission from the composer. Therefore, >when someone downloads an MP3, he or she is violating musical artist's >legal >rights. But if one buys the CD, he has permission from the artist to play >and listen to the music. > > The next reason I consider downloading music as stealing, is that >this >habit takes a service or product from an artist without paying for it. >Robbery of a famous artist's painting would be stealing. Copying a >well-known song is the same as stealing a popular painting--you have taken >part of the artist's creativity without paying for it. No matter how you >slice it, these two activities amount to stealing. > > Finally, the illegal copying of music makes CD prices higher for >those >customers who actually buy the CD. Because the artist has lost out on >revenues of lost sales, he must raise the price of his CD's in order to >make >a living. Therefore, the honest, ethical music lover ends up being hit in >the pocketbook because of unauthorized copies of the CD. > > Some of the people who illegally download and burn CD's will try to >justify their position by saying "everyone does it." However, we know that >this is not an acceptable practice and that frequency of occurrence does >not >excuse or forgive a sin. In conclusion, the downloading of music from the >internet is wrong. It is the willful breaking of copyright laws, it is the >theft of creative energy, and it has negative economic impact upon the >musician as well as the legal music customer. Sin is sin. Stealing is >stealing. > > >To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, >visit: >http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm >To submit your profile, visit: >http://www.creedlisters.com/profile/submit.asp >To view List member Profiles, visit: >http://www.creedlisters.com _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm To submit your profile, visit: http://www.creedlisters.com/profile/submit.asp To view List member Profiles, visit: http://www.creedlisters.com