[pyx]

Your tagline reads, (mp3 file sharing is THEFT.)

It is NOT theft.
Creating mp3 files from public domian centuries old Celtic music with a midi card has been easily done for about six or so years now. This is done entirely legally and is not THEFT. Open Software midi player software allows perfectly reasonable mp3 music file output. Sharing centuries old Celtic music mp3 files with peer 2 peer software like Grokster, is quite popular. (I suspect other ethnic groups are doing likewise to perpetuate their cultural heritage.) Calling for the outlawing this activity is outrageous as well as ridiculous.

Demanding that technology be banned because of HOW some end users use it, is just plain ... silly.

[bfree]

You are correct. It is not theft, it is a copyright violation. I love how these fools think that using the word theft makes it sound so bad. They are living in the past and can fight the future all they want, but it won't change the facts of life - the old distribution system is DEAD.

[Huck]

Creating mp3 files from public domian centuries old Celtic music with a midi card

Any time your ready to grab reality by the horns, let me know. No one is concerned about public domain songs. It'd be real nice for a bad typist like me to not have to state the obvious EVERY SINGLE TIME.