# one question **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 27, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143 "2002-11-27T17:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kplmonkeypants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@kplmonkeypants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kplmonkeypants)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/1 "2002-11-27T17:24:02Z")
who has a problem with downloading music? and if you do would you inlighten me on why. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/2 "2002-11-27T17:32:01Z")
Why is this in the Pit? Shouldn’t this be in IMHO? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/3 "2002-11-27T17:33:37Z")
Maybe he means, who has a problem in terms of ethics. In which case, though, that might be GD. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/4 "2002-11-27T17:48:20Z")
I have problems with downloading music because I don’t have an internet connection at home. The only way I can get a song to come through the phoneline is to call up the local radio station. ---
**Author:** ![AndrewL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/5 "2002-11-27T17:49:08Z")
He is probably complaining about the fact that the moderators shut down threads aboutusing file-sharing networks to download music. The Pit is the appropriate place to complain about the moderators. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/6 "2002-11-27T18:35:31Z")
Downloading music without permission of the artist deprives that artist and the other people who helped create and produce the music of the compensation they are due for creating their intellectual property. I believe people who work hard to create art deserve to be compensated for it, if that’s what they want. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/7 "2002-11-27T19:08:36Z")
If it’s not profitable for them to continue doing it, they might stop doing it. If you like their music enough to break the law to listen to it, you should like it well enough to pay them for it. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/8 "2002-11-27T19:17:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kplmonkeypants \* > **who has a problem with downloading music?** The US Department of Justice The RIAA The Library of Congress The Copyright Office Marybeth Peters, director of the Copyright Office > [@](#): > > \*\*and if you do would you inlighten me on why. \*\* Because their job is to uphold the law as its been interpreted. That was two questions ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/9 "2002-11-27T19:21:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AndrewL \* > He is probably complaining about the fact that the moderators shut down threads aboutusing file-sharing networks to download music. The Pit is the appropriate place to complain about the moderators. In that case, the probable correct response is something along the lines of “Those threads are being shut down by the mods because the Chicago Reader, which provides us this website and board for free, is afraid of getting their butts sued off by some music company should we start talking about how to download music. This would make the board shut down, and make us all have a big problem with that.” So, in other words, cope. This is a privately-run board, and they do have the right to regulate what is discussed here. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/10 "2002-11-27T23:26:12Z")
In addition, the Chicago Reader produces copyrighted materials too, be it of the readable variety. It’s not just fear of being sued, it’s just plain business ethics as well. Now, will _someone_ call a staff member a fucking Nazi already? ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/11 "2002-11-27T23:28:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*In addition, the Chicago Reader produces copyrighted materials too, be it of the readable variety. It’s not just fear of being sued, it’s just plain business ethics as well. > > Now, will _someone_ call a staff member a fucking Nazi already? \*\* You, **Coldfire** , are a fucking Nazi already. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/12 "2002-11-27T23:32:42Z")
btw…y’all KNOW that WAS a joke I hope… ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/13 "2002-11-27T23:33:15Z")
One answer: Brightly colored liquid weapons. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/14 "2002-11-27T23:36:31Z")
Xploder, since we ALL know Coldfire is a nazi bastard, I think he wanted us to call another member of the staff a Nazi. But who would we pick? UncleBeer? Naaah, he’s more of a commie than anything else…Arnold Winkelried? Well, while he only has one testicle, he’s no Hitler. Maybe he wants us to call Ukulele Ike a Nazi, or perhaps Alphagene… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/15 "2002-11-28T00:04:13Z")
Fine, fine, fine… Let’s just say fuck it and call **all** the mods Nazi’s… Better? ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/16 "2002-11-28T00:06:11Z")
I have a problem with downloading music…the files are usually mislabeled! Oh, and Random Mod is a Random Random. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/17 "2002-11-28T02:38:30Z")
Yeah, that’s just what a member of The Clique[sup]TM[/sup] would say. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/18 "2002-11-28T03:10:09Z")
fucking Nazi? Isn’t that where you can only have sex with people in brown shirts? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/19 "2002-11-28T03:16:24Z")
No, it’s where you can only have sex _while wearing_ a brown shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143/20 "2002-11-28T03:20:21Z")
I thought that **Euty** was officially a Nazi now too? 😕 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-question/139143.md?page=2)