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■ In my opinion
Paying the Pricfe
For some time now, there has been a
lot of talk about piracy: downloading
music for free, burning CDs, sharing
music files and all other creative meth
ods of theft. Those within the music
and movie industries have been work
ing to protect their products, introduc
ing legislation that makes it easier to go
after “online thieves,” and winning
thousands of lawsuits against people
who illegally download music and
movies. For some people, the threat of
legal action is not enough, so compa
nies have looked to develop programs
that keep consumers from pirating the
music that they are attempting to sell.
So far, the majority of these attempts
to protect CDs have been rather benign,
though they can be annoying. One of
the more popular forms of protection is
“end-user license agreements.” This
contract makes users agree to a long list
of restrictions before they can use the
product they have purchased. Some li
cense agreements, like that listed on
Sony BMG’s compact disks, can be
rather restrictive: The music cannot be
loaded onto a work computer; music
loaded onto home PCs cannot be taken
out of the country; and people who no
longer possess the original CD are re
quired to delete music they have
loaded onto their computers.
Some of these restrictions are unfair
and, for lack of a better word, silly. I
have had a CD break and the only rea
son I can continue listening to the mu
sic I paid for is because I had already
loaded it onto my computer. Although I
think some of these terms are a little re
strictive, I see why they are necessary.
A lot of people are out there stealing
and distributing music. I understand
burning the occasional CD from a
friend or downloading the occasional
song. But a lot of people take it too far
and, any way you spin it, it is theft.
There are a few popular defenses for
piracy: The artists make enough
JESSICA DERLETH
FREEDOM RINGS WHERE OPINIONS CLASH
money as it is, and most CDs only have
a few good songs. Well, lucky enough,
all of this music downloading has led to
legitimate Web sites where people can
buy single songs. These sites are a con
venient way to get the music you want.
Aside from the quality of the CD as a
whole, I have heard a lot of scorn when
it comes to music artists and how much
money they make. This I can under
stand. If Hillary Duff, for instance, is
complaining about not getting all the
money that she is due, I find it hard to
muster any sympathy. Those who have
seen those programs about the ridicu
lously expensive things celebrities buy
should at least be able to see where I
am coming from. My lack of concern
for the millionaire artists is balanced
out by my appreciation for all of the
people who work on recording, pro
ducing, creating and selling the CDs,
who certainly deserve to be paid.
Music is a product just like anything
else you find in a store. And just like
anything else, if you take it without
paying, you are stealing. With that in
mind, I can understand why compa
nies work so hard to protect music;
however, Sony took things too far.
On Oct. 31, blogger Mark Russi
novich discovered a hidden program
installed on his PC by a Sony music
disk. When the CDs are put into the
computer, they automatically install a
program that restricts how many times
the discs’ tracks can be copied, which
is inconvenient when it comes to using
portable music players. The alarming
part about this program is that it is de
signed to bury itself deep within the
Windows operating system. Manual
attempts to remove the software can
disable the PC’s CD drive. Even worse,
the program has given virus writers an
easy tool for hiding their “malicious
software.” Yep, Sony has made it easier
for virus writers to steal personal infor
mation, launch attacks on other
computers, and send spam.
When people purchase CDs, they
shouldn’t have to worry that the com
pany that made it will mess up their
computers. Sony is working to prevent
piracy, yet all it is doing is punishing
people who purchase its CDs. Besides
overreaching, Sony’s action may be vi
olating state and federal spyware laws
(class actions have been filed).
When Sony realized the huge mis
take it had made, it started trying to fix
the mess from the 4.7 million shipped
CDs that had the program and the 2.1
million sold. To help those that had the
program installed on their computers,
Sony developed an uninstaller that has
created more problems. According to
The Associated Press, “To get the unin
stall program, users were asked to re
quest it by filling out online forms.
Once submitted, the forms themselves
download and install a program de
signed to ready the PC for the fix. Es
sentially, it makes the PC open to
downloading and installing code from
the Internet.”
It is important to protect intellectual
property, but companies cannot put
their consumers’ property at risk. It is
not OK for Sony to jeopardize the com
puters of their consumers. If there is
any hope to end piracy, people need to
stop stealing music and the industry
needs to stick to responsible, safe
methods for protecting their products.
jderleth@ daily emerald. com
■ Guest commentary
Guest columnist represents
event, speaker inaccurately
In response to the guest commen
tary written Nov. 10 (ODE, “Narrow
minds inhibit peace”) we, the Jewish
Student Union, would like to respond
to three inaccurate and offensive state
ments that appeared in the opinion
piece written by Alex Deley.
First, Deley stated that the Nov. 1
speaker, Mitchell Bard, “is affiliated
with the Jewish organization known
as the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee.” This is false. The Ameri
can Israel Public Affairs Committee
(AIPAC) is in fact an American-based,
non-partisan, non-religious lobbying
group, which advocates improved re
lations between the United States and
Israel. It is nothing less than offensive
to label AIPAC as a Jewish organiza
tion. Furthermore, Deley is grossly
mistaken in suggesting that Dr. Bard
is affiliated with AIPAC. Dr. Bard does
not represent the American Israel
Public Affair Committee, and is in fact
a prolific author of more than 15
books on the Israel/Palestine conflict.
It is also very arrogant for Deley to
suggest that Dr. Bard demonstrated a
“very shallow knowledge of Arab his
tory and psychology.” While we re
spect Alex Deley’s “great interest” in
the Middle East, in addition to his
“great lengths to read both sides of the
argument,” we do not think that
it is respectful to belittle Dr. Bard’s
— or any other accomplished
scholar’s — extensive knowledge and
experience of the subject.
Second, Deley incorrectly referred to
the Islamic Terrorist organization,
Hezbollah, as a “political organiza
tion,” claiming that Hezbollah plays a
“much greater role in the Middle East”
by sponsoring humanitarian projects
such as the building of schools. Deley
, fails to mention that Hezbollah’s mis
sion in building schools is to teach chil
dren the ideologies of anti-Semitism,
the destruction of Israel, and the real
ization of an Islamic global presence.
According to the United States, the Eu
ropean Union, the United Nations and
several other world powers, Hezbollah
is strictly classified as a “terrorist organ
ization.” The Anti-Defamation League
also defines Hezbollah as a “terrorist
organization” that seeks to destroy Is
rael and the West “as steps in a Pan-Is
lamic struggle.” The ADL goes on to
say that Hezbollah has grown into
a “military network that engages
in terrorist-related activity all over the
world, perpetrates and plots against
American’s Westerners and Jews both
inside and outside Lebanon, and
cooperates with other international
terrorist organizations. ”
Third, the goal of inviting speakers to
campus is not to present a point of view
which pleases all sides, but rather to
present different points of view on mul
ti-layered conflict. It is unrealistic for
Deley to expect an “evenhanded” ap
proach to such as issue.
In conclusion, we would like to clari
fy that the lecture by Dr. Bard was the
first in a series of several lectures we
will be putting on throughout the
school year, which aim to represent dif
fering views on Israeli politics and cul
ture. On Jan. 22, the Jewish Student
Union, in conjunction with Oregon Hil
lel, will be bringing the late Prime Min
ister Yitzhak Rabin’s son, Yuval Rabin,
to campus to honor the 10th anniver
sary of his father’s assassination by a
Jewish terrorist.
Jonathan Rosenberg is director
of the Jewish Student Union
and a political science major.
Daniel Rosoue is a political
science major.
■ Out loud
"The chief justice says that the court in no way
desires to legislate. This is fucking legislation.”
— David Goward, Recognition Review Com
mittee chairman, on the Constitution Court’s
decision last week to reject the RRC’s bylaws.
“I think what we are most deeply saddened
by is the tremendous loss of potential for a
peaceful person who had (such a) good heart.”
— Pat Lombardi, director of undergraduate
advising and research assistant professor, on
former University student Raymond Dwayne
Gwerder, 30, who was shot and killed by a Port
land police sniper on Nov. 4.
“I hope that someone who shares my values,
my commitment to this community and the de
termination to make a difference will step for
ward to run for the position.”
— David Kelly, Ward 3 city councilor, on the
qualities he would like to see in his replace
ment. He announced his decision not to seek
re-election this week.
“So often in the United States, we have the
Middle East reduced to a couple of conflicts and
a couple of peoples in a couple of countries.
We’re obligated to engage in basic education
about the Middle East.”
— Shaul Cohen, associate professor of geog
raphy, challenging Americans to learn more
about the Middle East during his speech kick
ing off the International Resource Center’s
week-long “Opening Windows on Middle East
Cultures” event.
“We feel that it portrays sexism in that all
women are highly sexualized and objectified.
We feel that their presence should not be here
on campus.”
—- Heather North, sophomore women’s and
gender studies major, on “Mojo Master,” a
video game promoting AXE men’s fragrances
that AXE representatives displayed outside the
EMU Tbesday. Sign-carrying protesters encir
cled the AXE tent and shouted slogans.
“We knew there would be things that some
might find controversial.”
—Amy Johnson, Scheduling and Event Ser
vices coordinator, on AXE’s “Mojo Master” pro
motional stop.
“He was definitely on his way to doing things.
My life is never going to be the same without
him. It’s just not.”
— Shane Reese, friend, on the death of sen
ior Paul Michael Grillo, 22, who died Nov. 7
from a stab wound to his chest that police say
was inflicted by his brother, sophomore John
Andrew Grillo, 19. A memorial for Paul Grillo
will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at St.
Matthew’s Catholic Church in Hillsboro.
“We put so many cups in the garbage it’s not
even funny.”
— Rosie Sweetman, ASUO environmental
coordinator, on a visual display she created
by collecting paper coffee cups from campus
trash cans to celebrate America Recycles
Day TUesday.
“This is just another nail in the coffin for low
income students.”
— Bill Dwyer, Lane County commissioner,
on the potential sale of Westmoreland Apart
ments.
CORRECTION
The graphs accompanying Thursday’s article "Compar
ing Compensation” represented total compensation, not
just salaries. The salaries listed for Lorraine Davis, Dan
Williams and John Moseley were from 2004-05, not
2003-04.
The headline for Thursday's story “Journalism school
adds diversity plan" should have specified that the school
actually revised its 1993 plan.
The Emerald regrets the errors.