tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post90620911261123718..comments2024-02-19T08:12:53.815-05:00Comments on The Right Thing: THE RIGHT THING: BURN, BABY, BURN!Jeffrey L. Seglinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15648051034425906705noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-88680056479328189182007-10-17T16:35:00.000-04:002007-10-17T16:35:00.000-04:00Copyright laws differ from country to country. For...Copyright laws differ from country to country. For example, where I live, Canada, our Supreme Court has ruled that our copyright laws, as they stand today, make it legal to download digital music over P2P networks for personal use but illegal to allow our own digital music to be available for upload. Go figure.<BR/> <BR/>On a related note, The UK, Australia and New Zealand all had copyright laws that made it illegal to rip music CD's into digital music files. I understand that they all have either changed their copyright law or are in the process of changing their copyright law to allow CD ripping.<BR/> <BR/>When lecturing the morality of copyright infringement, it is good to know the local laws. I read your column in Canada. I am sure it must be syndicated in other countries.<BR/> <BR/>Where do you stand on making compilation CD's for a loved ones from your digital collection? You know, for their big road trip or just to say I love you 15 or 16 different ways. I could be argued that it is personal use. It doesn't get any more personal than doing something nice for a loved one.<BR/> <BR/>Al Williams<BR/>Calgary AB CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-45845644904070510452007-10-09T10:58:00.000-04:002007-10-09T10:58:00.000-04:00Thank you for our wise answer to Kim Hohl re getti...Thank you for our wise answer to Kim Hohl re getting music to her <BR/>iPod. As an ethicist, however, you should have pointed out exactly who is acting unethically in this situation: the record labels that refuse to sell their music without the kind of encryption that forces honest users like Kim to jump through such ridiculous hoops. This <BR/>encryption, known as Digital Rights Management (or DRM), limits how many and which devices you can play your music on. If you buy a song at the iTunes store, for example, you can only play it on Apple-approved devices; now THAT's unethical.<BR/><BR/>Kim is doing the right thing and I applaud you for recognizing that. <BR/>But as an ethicist you also need to call out those who would take <BR/>away our Fair Use rights, eviscerate the First Sale doctrine, and lock us into monopolistic proprietary systems.<BR/><BR/>Thank you and best regards,<BR/><BR/>--Bill Kirkpatrick, Granville OHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com