Comments on: Cosmo’s Secret To Saving Money: Ripping Off Music

By: synthhead

synthhead — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:43:40 +0000

Philip - if somebody’s copying a popular bands’ CD and giving it to their friends, it’s fair use, right?

But if they’re copying your music and giving it to people, they’re ripping you off, right?

By: Philip

Philip — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:06:04 +0000

Copying CDs from friends is not piracy, it’s called “fair use” and it’s legal (resonably).

But given that the average Cosmopolitan reader can actually afford paying for music, it’s quite a cheap attitude. Not to speak of that view on music as a replaceable discount product…

By: HonRevDrStainTruth

HonRevDrStainTruth — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:56:49 +0000

I’m trying to find the issue that this article actually appeared in. it has been all over reddit and digg today, but there isn’t any info in related blog posts and such to identify the issue.

as you might guess, the Cosmopolitan website is no help at all. Is this for real?

By: bigtiny

bigtiny — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:20:00 +0000

Gee…..I wonder why the RIAA isn’t jumping to litigate against Cosmo?

By: McKlain

McKlain — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:13:21 +0000

Man, the excerpt reads like if it were taken from some stupid magazine for teenage girls.

I thought that cosmopolitan were a bit serious.

By: MisterCharlie

MisterCharlie — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:14:29 +0000

And then girls dont beleive us when we say they read crap and spend so much on such stupid and idiot magazine…

they shouldnt tell me to stop spending on synths then…