I thought they read like industry-backed sites, meaning they are very one-sided. In the US, these people are determined to hegemonically destroy fair use. Personally, I find them very evil. Their approach is to broad-brush the issue of copying, so that all copying of *any sort* is illegal and immoral. (I have trimmed most of the thread so it won't go over the 10k limit, which happened twice yesterday.) On Feb 26, 2006, at 6:22 AM, Sue Cranmer wrote:
Hi These sites look very useful, particularly as they stem from closer to home. I shall have a proper look later this week but in the meantime, thanks!
Sue
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Sangeet Bhullar Sent: 25 February 2006 16:20 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Downloading music
Hi Sue,
Many weeks ago, a parent wrote to me at WISE KIDS because the British Phonographic Industry have issued her with a fine, for her son's use of Limewire. She thought that Limewire was a legitimate service, as they had been paying 'subscription' charges.
A good site with information on copyright and downloading music is http://www.pro-music.org, a resource site for news and information about legitimate music online.
Another is http://www.musicunited.org/
Childnet and Pro-Music have also produced a leaflet on Young People, Music and the Internet. See http://www.childnet-int.org/music/
Best, Sangeet
Dr Sangeet Bhullar Executive Director WISE KIDS
Tel: 44 (0)1633-673339/ 44 (0)7900911940 email: sangeet@wisekids.org.uk skype id: sangeetbhullar http://www.wisekids.org.uk
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