Illegaly downloading music

Coca-cola is a physical object

mp3s are not physical

But CDs are.
Besides, by your logic, then you shouldn't pay for DLC for your games, or buy games on Steam.

and you're right.....I don't pay for DLCs or buy games on steam

> You are simply keeping them from earning money that they wouldn't have otherwise.

OMG. Spoken like a Congressman. Is that you, Barney? Or is it Mr. "Paying Taxes Is Voluntary" Harry Reid?

That's the definition of "stealing" and you're trying to make it sound like it's not stealing. Incredible.

> In addition, they hardly get a fraction of the total money that the piece sells for so the real "person" that you are hurting is the record label.

It's not your right to decide whether the person who created the music will receive their fraction. That fraction belongs to them, they are the only party who can rightfully decide whether or not to give it away.

You're disgusting, anon.

I see. So you own these people, and therefore have the right to control your slaves' earnings in order to force them to perform live for you.

While we're at it, let's go down to the cotton field and bring 5 or 6 of your melon munchers back up to the house so that they can tap-dance for us in the mud out in front of your house. I'll bring a washboard and a jug for them to play, too. It will be a great time. For us, at least.

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I can't afford to buy so much music but if its an artist I truely like such as RHCP I do buy the albums. I just think music should be more like firefox or ubuntu. You don't have to pay by force but if you want them to be able to continue making stuff contribute that way poorer people like me can also enjoy and contribute when they can afford it.

they dont even do charity
they are too busy buying drugs and spending at partys

When a rapper gets pissed off that his 99 cent song gets downloaded for free, when he's sitting in his massive mansion, sipping whatever he's drinking from a golden cup.


Yeah, it kinda is.

They're rich, I don't honestly think that me downloading their music for free is going to hurt them. They make hundreds of thousands of dollars a month.
Now if we're talking about bands or artists that don't make millions a year, then yeah, I'll pay for their music if it means I can support them

Yes, that's the "logic" at work here. Which basically means that you can steal most things, if you feel like it. Feel hungry? Go to McDonald's and steal a burger. If the kid behind the counter tries to stop you, just tell him: "The McDonald's CEO is so rich, he doesn't need my money anymore!"

After all, the kid behind the counter uses the same logic when he downloads music, so I'm sure he'll give you a pinkies-up and lets you go.

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Which is why, if you truly love the music, you should go out and buy the album of those struggling artists. as it goes:
Download -> Love -> buy album to support awesome band
OR
Download -> Hate -> delete, no money lost in the process

exactly i buy every album i like but illegally download a few, but not because i'm too cheap to pay because i dont know if i want to buy that album

If I'm not sure if I want to buy an album, I youtube a majority of the songs to see if I like them. If I don't, then I don't buy. The only times I pirate music is when I don't have the money but will have the money in the future. In the end, everything balances out to legal.

Yes, that is true, but someone who downloads music doesn't care. That whole "They are already rich" bullshit is just a way for people to make themselves feel better about downloading music. 1% of the people who call themselves "professional" musicians are actually rich. A large portion of musicians need a second job to support themselves or have to do stuff they hate, like playing in advertisement jingles. These people are being hurt severely by illegal downloads and certainly can't laugh about the "They don't need our money." nonsense.

I think most people don't realize how expensive it actually is to produce music. It costs a shitload of money to rent a studio and equipment. You need a producer who knows what he is doing. You need sound engineers. Yes, sure, you can do this by yourself in your garage - and then you have a thousand people complaining on your website that your music sounds like crap, so they will not pay for it and just download it. Duh.

The simple fact is: If you produce a song in decent quality and everybody downloads it instead of paying for it, then it will possibly be the last song you have ever produced, because you'll spend the next year burger-flipping in the nightshift to pay off your debt.

So if everyone downloads music, then I wonder: Who will still be stupid enough to produce any?

Cause I'm young and I'm black and my hats real low?
Do I look like a mind reader sir, I don't know

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