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You yourself admitted that you were taking something from them a moment ago when you stated that the only ramifications for the illegal downloads was that rich rock stars wouldn't be able to buy sports cars for their kids
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I was actually giving a sarcastic response to your assertion that artists are losing money because of Illegal DL'ing. How can you lose money that you never had? I dont know how you could even prove such a claim.
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If you sneak into the concert without paying it's stealing. I'm not being "lawyerly" by stating what the law actually is. In fact, if anything, you're the one being "lawyerly" in arguing a "defense". You're basically arguing mitigating circumstances and poverty. But that's not the real reason. You're doing it because you know you can't get caught.
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No, it's trespassing. You pay admission to get into the building or venue. If I live next to an outdoor ampitheatre and watch the concert from my rooftop, rather than pay my money to go sit on the grass with the rest of the crowd....am I stealing?
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I guarantee you that if tomorrow there was a headline of 500,000 people arrested and sentenced to 10 years for illegal downloads you'd probably never steal music again. And you'd find a way to get music. Legally. You might get less of it, but you'd still get it. So let's not pretend it's for any hatred of the record industry or spoiled artists or even because you're too poor. It's stealing that's easy and risk free and common. And that's why you do it.
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If they started cutting peoples heads off for smoking weed tomorrow, I'd just have to quit....but that doesnt make it right.
Downloading music is NOT stealing....it's sharing.
Why people do it is irrelevant.