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Originally Posted by insipid
It would be refreshing if just ONCE someone would admit that they download songs illegally because they KNOW they can get away with it and not resort to this kind of sophistic reasoning. It is stealing, and the only reason why you're doing it is because you know you can't get caught. I doubt you'd feel the same about going into a record store and stealing CDs.
To me these are just flowery words to justify stealing. You can substitute anything:
Peace of mind and harmony is too important to stop me from being able to shoot that annoying mother fucker who who insists on driving in the speed lane at 40 mph with his right blinker on.
Yes, i know the arguments: the music industry is evil, yada yada yada. I consider walmart pretty evil too, but i won't steal from them even if i KNEW i could get away with it. Stealing is stealing. Plus, there are artists losing money from illegal downloads, it's not JUST metalica. Don't fool yourself.
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First of all let's make one thing very clear. I didn't say I stole anything , I said
"I don't pay". There's a difference. I was first able to download songs for "free" because there was no ruling whether or not it was illegal. The reality of it is, the record companies used profits to have something once previously legal deemed illegal.
You haven't fully grasped the concept have you?
I can record a song from a friend who owns the CD, legally. As long as I didn't turn around and profit from it.
With the internet I now have millions of friends. Just as we here enjoy the company and opinions of many people when before the internet we couldn't. The music industry used profits to curry favor legally to have the meaning of borrow, lend, friend , acquaintance, and record, changed to benefit themselves . I didn't change any of these things. I just acquired many more acquaintances and a technology to transfer information to and from them.
There's nothing sophistic about it. I used to do something, they made it illegal, I refuse to stop because I still believe they are wrong. I haven't attempted to justify it in anyway, I don't have to justify what I feel isn't wrong. Nor have I tried to in this thread.
When you don't shoot the guy with the blinker on doing 40mp, are you speeding? Do you know how many people would survive crashes if the 55mph speed limit was obeyed by everyone?
Yeah, think about that the next time your throwing around your
"Peace and Harmony" song and dance. Last time I checked no one died from my downloading of songs. When was the last time you didn't speed on the highway?
Yeah I thought so...... you do it all the time. I guess that little inconvenience of "obeying the law" is O.K for you not to do so, but mine's not. Even though obeying the speed limit is based on public safety, environmentalism and common decency. . While downloading songs is deemed illegal based on the vague meanings of words like friend, lend, and record.