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How do you apply "information wants to be free" to music like this? How do you differentiate? An .MP3 is just another data file, trivially copied, with the add
by ctdonath 13y ago
How do you apply "information wants to be free" to music like this?
How do you differentiate? An .MP3 is just another data file, trivially copied, with the added downside that government has decreed that under certain common circumstances anyone can play it while paying him less than a pittance for it. I'm not advocating this view, just noting the painful reality thereof.
- owenjones 13y agoI meant it more as a personal question to people who say this. If an artist's music has value to someone, I'm curious what sort of mental gymnastics they perform to believe "All information wants to be free; therefore I will acquire this music for free." It's always struck me as just a way to absolve yourself of guilt for pirating music. I think the real phrase should be "Information is just information, people want it to be free."