Re: [microsound] popcorn

[johan@xxxxxxxxxxx]

You can't really compare these two. It'd more be like if you rented the
movie, copied it to your friends so they could watch it at home. Or
rather, if you wanna compare it to filesharing - as if you stole the DVD
and then made 5 copies to your friend so they could watch them at home.

Johan.


>> 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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