in article ccd76b$n97$1@news.Stanford.EDU, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net at
mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote on 7/6/04 12:44 PM:

> John W. <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'll admit to having downloaded my share of stuff back in the late 20th
>> century days of Napster. But my position on this has changed
>> dramatically. There's nothing that I absolutely *have* to see so badly
>> as to break the law, just because *I* want it. I admit to being a bit of
> 
> Here's a question: if something you wanted was available ONLY by illegal
> download (in my case Bill Nelson's "On a Blue Wing" albumn), how would
> you feel? In other words, no way to get the albumn legally, because
> it's no longer in print, and the only things you can get (IF you can
> get them) are old, scratchy LPs.
> 
> Just curious.
> 
> BTW, if anyone HAS a copy of the CD, lemme know; I'll happily be
> overcharged for it :-)
> 
> Mike

I would feel the same way I do feel about not being able to obtain some of
my favorite books that are now out of print: sad and disappointed. Having
said that, I don't think unavailability is a legal or moral justification
for violating a valid copyright.