Causing others to sin? (downloading of music)

[jmcrae]

No. It’s not. If it is you’ll have to turn me in. I don’t think anyone will prosecute for keeping it in my itunes library while burning a copy for my mom.

Actually, they might. You’ve just confessed to doing this, on an online public chat board. It’s not exactly rocket science for Apple to do a google on “i-Tunes”, pick up a hit on this chat, and trace your IP to your home address, and show up at the door with a warrant; after all, they invented the technology that keeps track of all that information.

If they wanted to make a point. You know. To keep others from doing the same.

 

[vz71]

Do you know what severity of sin it would be? Also, I had Communion today. Would that have been something I shouldn’t have done because of this possible sin?

That matter would be between you and your confessor.

 

[vz71]

Oh, pray tell, what I am doing for my dear sweet mother is not a sin and not illegal. Goodnight.

In every thread involving music downloads, there seems to always be someone that doesn’t read the OP, that changes the circumstance of the act, that always insists they are right.

In essence, the OP had little at all to do with the music download, or even computer work at all…Someone was aided in doing something by someone that knew the act was wrong. This is sin.

Mincing words all you want to tell everyone how right you are has little to do with the real subject at hand and is really little more then chest thumping over a sin that you believe you can get away with.

 

[vz71]

BTW, if you are only permitted to have one purchased copy in use at anytime (or something like that) why does apple permit more than one ipod to acquire the same music library? Not much different than burning a cd from your library while retaining it.

For those that do not keep their own backup.

 

[vz71]

I don’t know how to do links so you’ll have to do the research yourself. But you’re obviously afraid to do that since you might find evidence of what I claim. Apple permits you to put the same music library on ipods of multiple users. They even provide instructions on how to go about doing so. You can wonder about the truth of it all you want. I just visited there tonight and found it to be the case.

I went, I looked, I can find no trace of what you speak of.

I did however note this:
apple.com/legal/terms/site.html

You may use information on Apple products and services (such as data sheets, knowledge base articles, and similar materials) purposely made available by Apple for downloading from the Site, provided that you (1) not remove any proprietary notice language in all copies of such documents, (2) use such information only for your personal, non-commercial informational purpose and do not copy or post such information on any networked computer or broadcast it in any media, (3) make no modifications to any such information, and (4) not make any additional representations or warranties relating to such documents.

The bold is my own, to point out where the agreements on the site destroy your arguments.