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1. Uploading music on the Internet doesn't hurt anybody. In fact, it's promotional and free advertising.

FALSE. As a matter of fact, that's also "Myth No. 9" of Brad Templeton's Ten Big Myths About Copyright.

What's Brad say to the "free advertising" myth?

"It's up to the owner to decide if they want the free ads or not. If they want them, they will be sure to contact you. Don't rationalize whether it hurts the owner or not, ask them. Usually that's not too hard to do. Time past, ClariNet published the very funny Dave Barry column to a large and appreciative Usenet audience for a fee, but some person didn't ask, and forwarded it to a mailing list, got caught, and the newspaper chain that employs Dave Barry pulled the column from the Net, pissing off everybody who enjoyed it. Even if you can't think of how the author or owner gets hurt, think about the fact that piracy on the Net hurts everybody who wants a chance to use this wonderful new technology to do more than read other people's flamewars."

You're done.


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