Comments on: Would a filesharing cooperative be legal? http://javidjamae.com/2004/04/22/would-a-filesharing-cooperative-be-legal/ Javid Jamae's thoughts on Java, software, and other random things Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:04:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Kennedy http://javidjamae.com/2004/04/22/would-a-filesharing-cooperative-be-legal/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Kennedy Tue, 22 Jun 2004 03:29:00 +0000 http://javidjamae.com/?p=88#comment-3 You'd have to read the license agreement on the music. I suspect that some legal incidence is created when you buy a cd, and that two people can't share it. You can transfer the license, but if you, say, ripped mp3s of the CD, then gave it away, you'd be in possession of illegal tracks, as they came from a CD you don't own.<br /><br />In other words, you buy a recording of it, but you also by the rights necessary to own it for personal use. I would be amazed if those rights are constructed in such a way that they can be owned by more than one individual.<br /><br />Nevermind the economics of it. I bet they'd love it if 100 people each payed 1 cent for a song instead of them each paying a dollar. You’d have to read the license agreement on the music. I suspect that some legal incidence is created when you buy a cd, and that two people can’t share it. You can transfer the license, but if you, say, ripped mp3s of the CD, then gave it away, you’d be in possession of illegal tracks, as they came from a CD you don’t own.

In other words, you buy a recording of it, but you also by the rights necessary to own it for personal use. I would be amazed if those rights are constructed in such a way that they can be owned by more than one individual.

Nevermind the economics of it. I bet they’d love it if 100 people each payed 1 cent for a song instead of them each paying a dollar.

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