"Sky" <skyhooks@NOsbcglobal.SnPeAtM> wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> "Michael "Dog3"" <don'task@donttell.huh> wrote
>>
>> > Sheldon <PENMART01@aol.com> dropped this
>>
>> >> What does being single and a mom have to do with anything???
>> >
>> > The "boo hoo" victim factor?
>>
>> If she walked into a store and stole thousands of CDs, she'd
>> be arrested. For whatever reason, seems people think stealing
>> online is okay, not to mention harmless.

> From the gist I picked up, it wasn't so much the fact that she
> downloaded the songs than it was she 'shared' them so thousands of
> others could download them as well.

That's why I said thousands of CDs, because that's the effect.

> I think that was the issue at hand perhaps? Unfortunately, copyright
> infringement happens in many forms, not just with downloaded digital
> media.

Definitely, and maybe I'm guilty as well when I post recipes
I found somewhere, even if I attribute.

nancy