Microsoft promotes sharing files and music.
Friday, October 3, 2003 by MadIce | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
This roughly translates to: "Share files or music, call a friend on a cellular - you download MSN Messenger."
Isn't that interesting? After all the fuzz this has caused lately, MSN/Microsoft now actually promotes sharing files and music.
Reply #2 Friday, October 3, 2003 4:51 AM
Reply #3 Friday, October 3, 2003 4:58 AM
j/k
Reply #4 Friday, October 3, 2003 6:50 AM
Reply #5 Friday, October 3, 2003 7:10 AM
Doing it on a one to one basis, like through an IM software such as MSN or ICQ, is really no different than making a tape copy of a record, as has been done since tapes were put on the market. Although both still illegal in theory, it will never represent any impact on the overall number of sales of a record. Music distribution on such a small scale is negligable. Nothing in comparision with broad distribution with Kazaa or the likes.
But, on the same topic, I do find it funny when I watch a cable company commercial on TV selling their Internet service with, among their argument "Download music very fast!" 
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Reply #1 Friday, October 3, 2003 4:25 AM
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