do you have any moral reservations about internet piracy? - Page 4

Captain Cannabis · 04-23-2011, 04:40 PM

^maybe if the software cost less than 3000$ and wasn't available for free then we can start a rational discussion about how much I'd be willing to invest for a legit copy. It seems like this debate wouldn't be happening if I was asked to donate a small amount of money instead of buying a car

~1~ · 04-23-2011, 05:58 PM

That's a fair question you've brought up...

How many of us can say we have ponied up some money for some shareware or shot off a PayPal donation because you liked a program.

I have.

farmergiles · 04-24-2011, 02:50 AM

I've downloaded gigs and gigs of music... I bought the stuff I liked the most on vinyl... I bought more vinyl because I got to try it out for free first.

The mainstream music industry doesn't like it because it cuts out their marketing bullshit- their product is weak so they lose.

wellfleation · 04-24-2011, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Liberty Cap

I mean I won't refute that downloading is theft of a businessman's profits. On a musical side, I think music should be open to everyone. But when someone has a CD for sale, and you download the whole thing free on the internet when their desire is to have it for sale, well then it's their work. They created it, the song is theirs.

I'll just say what everyone feels too bad to just come out and say.

I pirate shit because I'm a cheap bastard and I don't know them. Is it wrong? Yes of course. Do I feel bad? Not really. Sorry, if you're making over $100,000 a year to make music for a living, I don't really feel bad for your loss of profit. You make more than educators and shit.

Since everyone's talking music: The bottom line is artists are raped by the music companies on their CDs. They make a few cents on the dollar. Artists make all their money touring so most could give a shit if you pirate. In fact, most would welcome it.. That is why Lars (Metalica) is such an ass-hole. He was just a shill for the big music corps. Lars is a fucking piece of shit tool. I haven't listened to Metalica since the Napster fiasco. Even when they come on the radio I change the station.

~1~ · 04-24-2011, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liberty Cap

I'll just say what everyone feels too bad to just come out and say.

I pirate shit because I'm a cheap bastard and I don't know them. Is it wrong? Yes of course. Do I feel bad? Not really. Sorry, if you're making over $100,000 a year marketing someone elses music to 13 year old girls and gangsta thug wannabe's or whatever the latest pop trend du'jour is for a living, I don't really feel bad for your loss of profit. In fact I hope your fortunes are as fleeting as the fortunes of shit artists you peddle. I am at least honest about my 'theft' where you have your lawyers call it fees and percentages and returns and steal waaaaay more from the artist than I ever would.

I'll say it...

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farmergiles Yahookan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sick of the hatred and the lies Posts: 7,807 Thanks: 2,285 Thanked 3,750 Times in 2,554 Posts	I've downloaded gigs and gigs of music... I bought the stuff I liked the most on vinyl... I bought more vinyl because I got to try it out for free first. The mainstream music industry doesn't like it because it cuts out their marketing bullshit- their product is weak so they lose. __________________ Cultivate a stoic calmness *Fuck the Monkeys* Every Kind of Vice

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