http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9843/students_dropping_out_of_school_to_pay_riaa_legal_fees/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:36:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9843/students_dropping_out_of_school_to_pay_riaa_legal_fees/#comment-325384 Jacob Palasek Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:52:11 +0000 #comment-325384 When I was younger you could "tape" a song off the radio. The radio broadcasts the song for free to anyone with a radio. In like manner you could tape a movie off of HBO with no commercials. So, how is that different than downloading the movie or the song? Granted one pays a fee to have HBO and radio is full of commercials, but I have never heard of anyone being sued over taping a show off of HBO or taping a song from the radio. So, how is downloading that same content that much different, where the music and movie industry decides to sue over it? I mean people have been able to tape things for free since tapes were invented. When I was younger you could “tape” a song off the radio. The radio broadcasts the song for free to anyone with a radio. In like manner you could tape a movie off of HBO with no commercials. So, how is that different than downloading the movie or the song? Granted one pays a fee to have HBO and radio is full of commercials, but I have never heard of anyone being sued over taping a show off of HBO or taping a song from the radio. So, how is downloading that same content that much different, where the music and movie industry decides to sue over it? I mean people have been able to tape things for free since tapes were invented.

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