[Rumori] mutual aid

[Sam Stephens]

On 17 Feb 2004 at 14:38, Every Man wrote:

> >The RIAA's president, Cary Sherman, said illegal downloads continue
> >hurting new, legitimate Internet services for selling music. "We are
> >sending a clear message that downloading or 'sharing' music from a
> >peer-to-peer network without authorization is illegal, it can have
> >consequences and it undermines the creative future of music itself,"
> >Sherman said in a statement. 
> 
> Even if it's music that is in the pubilc domain, or my own non-copywritten music?

All music sharing and free downloading is a crime, because it gives the message that forms 
of distributing music that don't involve giving RIAA member companies huge sums of money 
may be okay (the 'creative future of music' that needs protecting).