In the age of music downloading, CD burning, and piracy, music fans are faced with an array of ethical quandaries. Today, Randy Cohen, author of "The Ethicist" column for the New York Times Magazine, answers questions like: "Is it ever okay to bring my laptop to the library to copy CDs?" and "Should musicians disclose when pitch correction software is being used?" Plus, we take your calls and comments.
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Randy CohenEthics and Music, Part One
It's never been easier to acquire, manipulate and distribute recorded music. Randy Cohen, author of "The Ethicist" column for the New York Times Magazine, joins us to add some color to the "gray areas" in issues like downloading, ripping CDs and pitch correction. Plus, we take your calls and comments. ...
Ethics and Music, Part Two
Randy Cohen, author of "The Ethicist" column for the New York Times Magazine, joins us to add some color to the "gray areas" in issues like downloading, ripping CDs and pitch correction. Plus, we take your calls and comments.
Ethics and Music, Part Three
Randy Cohen, author of "The Ethicist" column for the New York Times Magazine, joins us to add some color to the "gray areas" in issues like downloading, ripping CDs and pitch correction. Plus, we take your calls and comments.
It's Easy Being John
Well, I certainly don’t want to get in trouble here, but I also don’t want to get anyone else in trouble either, so I’m going to leave my all-purpose assistant, Caryn Havlik, out of this. Let me just say that even with all the music that comes into my office ...
My Bad Old Days
I don’t know what kind of trouble I’m getting myself into by admitting this, but here goes: I used to download songs from LimeWire. A lot of them. No, seriously: if I revealed the actual amount of songs I grabbed, it would make your hard drive blush.
I spent the ...
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