[Steve_Seattle]

Many things can be copied from the Internet without causing the source to lose revenue it would normally expect to have. In your example, the Boston Globe was not losing expected revenue by your copying the photo - the photo was not (to my knowledge) being marketed as a separate item. Now, if you copied that photo and then tried to re-sell it or copies of it for your own gain, the Globe would probably have a copyright infringement case. In the library examples, there remains only one copy of the book or CD, so if you want to own the book or CD, you still have to buy it. It is not analagous to downloading music from the Internet.

[HELLRAISER II]

Using your theory still doesn't work. If I read it here or somewhere else, than I didn't pay them for the article in any way.

[sox_the_cat]

The Boston Globe and Boston Herald charge fees to peruse old articles from their archive, aren't they losing potential revenue if people have saved old articles? What about posting articles to free republic? Aren't those sources trying to make money on those articles posted?

In the article, the 12 year old said she never keeps the download, rather just listens and deletes. Is that a crime are is that quite similar to the library analogy? Doesn't the RIAA have to prove that the download was kept and used a separate copy?

They've got a great case going against anyone that downloads and sells the stuff, not against those that never remove it from their computer.

[BigBobber]

In the library examples, there remains only one copy of the book or CD, so if you want to own the book or CD, you still have to buy it. It is not analagous to downloading music from the Internet.

It is exactly the same. My library offers to loan you a CD and you are welcome to make a copy of it on your home computer. That is exactly what one does when he makes a song available for download on a file sharing service.

Don't tell me that book publishers don't lose revenue when people borrow a book from a library instead of buying one.

Can I loan you a CD I bought, or is that breaking the law? What if you make a copy of it? Remember the big stink about reselling CDs (Garth Brooks ate it big time on that one.)

This is a gray area of the law and RIAA may lose the publicity battle if they don't tread carefully.

[chaosagent]

So if I download a song or albumn that is no longer available for sale, isn't that the same thing.