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Yes, sadly he will, and so will millions and millions more. As a society, we can sit around and call them immoral, say it's stealing, shame them, draft legisla
by furyg3 17y ago
Yes, sadly he will, and so will millions and millions more. As a society, we can sit around and call them immoral, say it's stealing, shame them, draft legislation, whatever.
Or... we can accept the situation as it is now (and is likely to be in the future) and just tell the industry that it's their business model, they can deal with the monitoring/policing/lawsuits of it all.
Our collective responsibility to them is very limited (ensuring they get their day in court and that Little Jimmy pays them what he owes them, about $.99/song). We don't need to resort to draconian legislation/monitoring/enforcement to ensure that no one may, at any cost, illegally download T-Pain's newest single.
In short: it's your business model, you deal with it. In the meantime I'll be over here doing something that someone else is willing to pay for...
- tptacek 17y agoAh, the "everybody else is doing it, why shouldn't I" rationalization.
- aw3c2 17y agoNope, I actually try to boycott (it always sounds so silly) the music industry nowadays. I switched to Linux about 2 years ago and also shifted to (mostly) free music. I found that in the genres I am interested in, there is more than enough (actually way too much) genuinely free music available. Still there are many albums and tracks I would love to financially reward the original creator for (I already contact them or review). Both non-free and free.