mp3 from John Starrett

John,

You wrote:
>Jon, I must reply that mp3.com was not ripping off artists.

An opinion apparently not shared in the original ruling.

>As for the mymp3 debacle for which they were sued, many industry insiders >consider this a bad ruling, as do I.

Um, John, *which* industry?

>The music distributed in this way was owned by the listeners who
>submitted it (they bought the albums) and mp3.com stored and streamed it
>to them and them alone. You cannot listen to someone else's collection
>using this technology.

I reiterate that I neither agree or disagree with the ruling or the legitimacy of mp3.com's policy. Due to the sensitive nature of the developing set of digital rights in our age, I can only say that it was a less than smart venture on mp3.coms part.

Best,
Jon

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