At the risk of starting a flame war, I want to point out what I find
to be a great irony on this news group...

One the one hand, MP3s as a recording technology are generally
badmouthed in this news group as so poor quality as to be un-usable
for any serious recordings...


on the other hand...


If I share an MP3, I have "stollen" some precioous intellectual
technology.


I find this somewhat ironic.

I don't think you can have it both ways. If MP3s make such bad
copies, then sharing them really isn't stealing anything but noise,,,
right?

or

If your going to argue that I should be fineed $10,000 for sharing an
MP3, then you are admitting that it must have been a pretty good copy
after all.

2 sides of the coin

Mark