Re: [microsound] popcorn

[Derek Mason <derek.mason@xxxxxxxxx>]

Its called a copyright issue and yes it does matter.  It matters if you are charging money for your five friends to watch it, you do a screening of the movie.

Besides, what I don't tell you and what you don't find out; you don't know.  It is a non issue if nobody know about it.


> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> 
> > I think movies are a different beast here,  you can rent movies you  can't
> > music albums, because the RIAA put an end to that.
> > Why? a copy of a rented movie isn't a big deal, as must only watch  it once,
> > maybe twice, so no sale there.
> 
> so here is another problem:
> say I rent a movie, for example, a documentary on Karl Marx's 
> impact  on the US labor movement after WWII (had to do that sorry;) 
> and I  invite five friends over to watch and enjoy it with me...
> 
> q: hasn't the  store 'lost' money on my friends watching the movie  
> with me? is that different than filesharing?
> 
>

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