# No Chronos, mp3s aren't illegal
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-chronos-mp3s-arent-illegal/71675
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [July 8, 2001, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-chronos-mp3s-arent-illegal/71675 "2001-07-08T07:34:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-chronos-mp3s-arent-illegal/71675/21 "2001-07-09T22:33:10Z")
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> If you replaced “MP3” with “gun” in the above sentence, it would be just as valid an argument (i.e. not at all).
Uh-uh, wrong-o, Gary. Gun violence doesn’t take place over the Internet, whilst Mp3 trading (the “illegal activity” I was referring to) does (generally). However, if you were to start a thread telling people how to get illegal guns via the 'Net, that would be a no-no, as well.
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-chronos-mp3s-arent-illegal/71675/22 "2001-07-09T22:49:30Z")
And to tag anto what SPOOFE said, a discussion about MP3’s is much more likely to have someone say, “Hey, how can I download every Metallica song ever made?”, then someone in a gun discussion asking, “Hey, what’s a good way to sneak a ceramic molded gun into a secured airport?”.
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### Author:  [@johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnson)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-chronos-mp3s-arent-illegal/71675/23 "2001-07-10T00:59:00Z")
Note [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=77388) thread.
Whether smuggled and stolen cigarettes have resulted in more lost revenue than MP3s is debatable (I would tend to believe so, especially when tax revenue is factored in), but while there are legal uses of MP3s, I’m relatively certain there are no legal uses of stolen cigarettes. What possible use could a thread detailing how to unload stolen property have?
[sub]And a post by a moderator, to boot…[/sub]
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