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From: "Harry Hillman Chartrand" 
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Subject: Napster Away!
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From NetScan Oct 2, 2000:

CONGRESS TO THE RESCUE ON DIGITAL COPYRIGHT ISSUES?

" But Recording Industry Association of America president Hilary B. Rosen
thinks that Congress should stay out of the fray and that " I have a hard
time believing this is going to get resolved anywhere but in the
marketplace."  (New York Times 2 Oct 2000) " 

I'm sorry but the only reason a market for copyrighted works exists in the
first place is because government says 'there is a market'. There are no
locks and keys like cars and houses. Copyright only exists, and hence a
market for copyrighted works exists, only due to government fiat. It is hard
for neocons and other 'marketeers' to realize that government doesn't just
'regulate', it also 'creates' markets. In the new economy it is critical for
all players to understand this basic market fact.

For an industry spokesperson to talk about the Napster issue being resolved
by the marketplace amounts to letting the fox (large copyright proprietors)
guard the henhouse. Guess what, the chickens (small users) will get eaten by
corporate lawyers.

With best wishes, I remain

Yours truly,

Harry Hillman Chartrand
Cultural Economist &  Publisher
Compiler Press
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