Should morpheus and napsterish programs be outlawed altogether?

Originally posted by Delta:
um, its the law. you cant selectively apply it. intellectual property theft is against the law, it doesnt matter if the intellectual property in question is music, movies, books, or software

oooh it varies alright. i can't go into it now but i'll post my paper... which im sure everyone will read

i suppose i would expect you to think that the law is variable, seeing as how you're a pedophile and all

Originally posted by Delta:
if you've taken stats, you'll be familiar with the expression "two points to identify a fad, three points to identify a trend"

yes. record sales *were* down in 2001. i dont deny that. but look at what major fucking event happened in 2001: napster got shut down. go look at the sales figures for the last 10 years, and then take a look at what happened during 1999 and 2000, when napster was at its peak.

ill save you the time. sales went through the roof as napster gained popularity. sales then crashed as napster got shut down. if this proof of a causal relationship? no, of course not. but its still an interesting correlation, and exactly opposite to what the record companies are trying to tell us

i agree.

record companies are bitching and complaining about lagging sales because they "took a dive."

they're not mentioning that 2000 was a huge record year.

Originally posted by Delta:
i suppose i would expect you to think that the law is variable, seeing as how you're a pedophile and all

:sigh: guess back to the ol' paper