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[FYI] Howard King, Esq.: "Hundreds of thousands of people are breaking into record stores and stealing CDs and tapes"
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HOWARD KING
WHY METALLICA SUED NAPSTER
At this moment, all around the world, hundreds of thousands of people
are breaking into record stores and stealing CDs and tapes. Or they
might as well be.
The people I’m talking about are using software called Napster, which
can be downloaded for free off the Internet. [...]
[...]
The bottom line is that using Napster to distribute copyrighted music
is stealing, and while Napster may have blocked a few hundred
thousand users from doing so, the looting is going to continue. Just
because fans think they can hide behind technology to take what isn’t
theirs doesn’t change the moral or legal implications of what they
are doing. Will Metallica lose fans over the stand they have taken?
Perhaps. But Napster proponents who see no issue with downloading an
artist’s album for free should ask themselves if they would accept
working for a year without getting paid. Metallica’s true fans will
support the band against Napster.
Howard King is a partner in King, Purtich, Holmes, Paterno &
Berliner, a Los Angeles law firm specializing in intellectual
property and the representation of musicians.
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