For some of you old time Dopers. I was back in the old threads, catching up on things and came upon a thread in The Pit regarding file-sharing. Someone was bitching about K-z-a and in the course of 52 posts there were numerous sites mentioned. Some were praised, some were panned and there were even links cited.
My question is: Did something happen around this time ( June, 2002 ) to make the subject verboten? Did someone get in some kind of trouble to change the boards stance on this subject? I understand the present policy but in reading the old thread, it seems no one had a problem back then.
I could be wrong, but I believe it was around that time that the RIAA got involved in file-sharing issues and the powers that be at the Chicago Reader decided it best to err on the side of caution.
We’re very keen on respecting copyright here; that’s always been how management has preferred we operate. The Reader spends a great deal of time protecting its own works from misappropriation and outright theft, so it would stand to reason that they would not allow it to go on here.
I understand perfectly TubaDiva and thats what precipitated my question. You’ll notice I qualified it right at the start. In my preusal of the old threads I have some other things, which at the time, puzzled me but werelater cleared up by another thread.
I really should learn how to cite threads in my questions, it would be much easier for the reader.
Thank you for your patience.
