Stephen Downes

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Why aren't music downloaders considered in the same light: as people using a new format, without yet obtaining licensing, which will be resolved at a later date? That's how the music publishers have approached new "double session" CDs - "In the case of the new two-part discs, labels are for the most part going ahead and releasing the new formats without obtaining new licences or striking new deals with the scattered publishers." It's not "piracy", I guess, if you have lawyers.

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