[Avodah] Downloading: An Essay for the MTA Academy News

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 03:59:16PM -0500, Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer wrote:
: Please note that this is not /carte blanche/. This logic will not permit:
:   1.  Uploading music to such sites.
:   2.  Copying from CDs or DVDs.
:   3.  Selling the downloaded music to others or sharing it with people
        who cannot access it themselves over the Internet.
:   4.  Downloading music from hacking sites.

5. Placing oneself in a situation where chilul Hashem is a real
possibility.

In http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol07/v07n058.shtml#13 I repeated my
notes of a "lunch-n-learn" hosted by the OU given by R' Zev Reichman
(then of YU's Kollel Elyon). In short, he identified the following
issues:

1- Dina demalkhusa
2- The Shoel uMeishiv recognizes a chiyuv to comply to local moral
   standards (See also
   <http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol07/v07n058.shtml#04>)
3- Hasagas gevul
4- Geneiva

I added
5- Hezeq
and
6- Chillul Hashem

I would also add the chillul Hashem issue is not fully separable from the
SuM's concern.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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