[Rumori] latest riaa news Billboard vandalism and other illegal art

[Vicki Bennett]

Hi

That isn't the case though - because these servers are being uploaded 
into, as well as downloaded from.

Vicki

>The problem, however, seems to be this: technically, it is the act of
>'copying' that is in violation of copyright, eg those who download items
>they do not in fact own are violating the spirit of copyright. Of note, it
>seems to me that those who merely 'host' files and have them on their hard
>drives or whatnot might very well own all that music via ripped CDs or
>whatnot, and merely having them on your publicly available drive shouldn't
>constitute a crime, much less one more severe than the actual demonized act
>of copying...right? Or is this too logical for the RIAA to follow?