Mr. Tennis, you miss the point entirely.
If you lend your copy to a friend then you no longer have the use of it until he returns it, at which time he can no longer use it.
If you make a copy and give it to him then you both have the use of it simultaneously.
Lending results in a single copy in use at any one time; copying results in 2 copies in use at the same time.
To follow your logic as long as no money changes hands then I can post a copy on the internet and millions can get it free while the artist gets paid for one. Do you think the artist thinks this is stealing? Millions listen to his art and he gets paid a few bucks. Wake up.
The bottom line is it doesnt matter what you or Greg consider to be fair or logical. The artists and record companies are selling what they own and they can therefore set the rules. If they shoot themselves in the foot in the process then so be it.
If you lend your copy to a friend then you no longer have the use of it until he returns it, at which time he can no longer use it.
If you make a copy and give it to him then you both have the use of it simultaneously.
Lending results in a single copy in use at any one time; copying results in 2 copies in use at the same time.
To follow your logic as long as no money changes hands then I can post a copy on the internet and millions can get it free while the artist gets paid for one. Do you think the artist thinks this is stealing? Millions listen to his art and he gets paid a few bucks. Wake up.
The bottom line is it doesnt matter what you or Greg consider to be fair or logical. The artists and record companies are selling what they own and they can therefore set the rules. If they shoot themselves in the foot in the process then so be it.