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ED! · 09-09-2003, 04:13 PM

How are you being robbed? Is someone putting a gun to your head and saying "Jibber buy this Justin Timberlake album or I'll fucking kill you". YOU make a decision to buy the product. If you dont like the price, dont buy it. However if you CHOOSE to steal the music, be prepared to face the consequences. Noone is saying that the current business model and delivery system the RIAA operates under is without fault, but there needs to be some level of responsibility on your part for what you are doing. Theres nothing NOBLE here, or rightoues. Youre stealing music.

[quote:c611a]EXCUSE ME, but with the amount of hacking and viruses, ISPs providing infoto RIAA on people who download music is like a cop chasing a shoplifter who stole $30 of merchandise when someone is getting raped just 50 yards away from that cop.[/quote:c611a]

What a horribly cliched response. So because theres murder happening you have a right to steal, since cops should be busting OTHER peopels chops. Yea ok. Also, your ISP has ITS best interests in mind. If you dont like the prospect that YES they have the right to turn over your information to federal or local authorities, then get off the internet. Stop trying to make excuses for what it is youre doing. You have no leg to stand on in this situation. If the copyright owner of that music took you to court - YOU WOULD LOSE. There is no other side of the coin here buddy. You broke the law, and they have the right to bankrupt you.

And GT - way to dodge the fucking question. Whatre you 13?

One more thing - Record Companies are the ones who benefit from CD sales the most. Truly an artist hopes a cd does well so he can cover the costs of making the album and pay back whatever the record company loaned him, but the artist will not make that money from the record - usually. Most artist nowadays make the money from touring, advertising, and etc. In fact there are artists who rely SOLEY on touring to turn a profit. Take a look at Moby, the NEPTUNES, etc. to see how they can sell a million or less albums and still pull in big bucks (Moby-whoring out to consumer america, Neptures-producing fees - they made about 50million or so last year).

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ED! is Offline Senior Member Posts: 598 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cave #23, Afghanistan	09-09-2003, 04:13 PM How are you being robbed? Is someone putting a gun to your head and saying "Jibber buy this Justin Timberlake album or I'll fucking kill you". YOU make a decision to buy the product. If you dont like the price, dont buy it. However if you CHOOSE to steal the music, be prepared to face the consequences. Noone is saying that the current business model and delivery system the RIAA operates under is without fault, but there needs to be some level of responsibility on your part for what you are doing. Theres nothing NOBLE here, or rightoues. Youre stealing music. [quote:c611a]EXCUSE ME, but with the amount of hacking and viruses, ISPs providing infoto RIAA on people who download music is like a cop chasing a shoplifter who stole $30 of merchandise when someone is getting raped just 50 yards away from that cop.[/quote:c611a] What a horribly cliched response. So because theres murder happening you have a right to steal, since cops should be busting OTHER peopels chops. Yea ok. Also, your ISP has ITS best interests in mind. If you dont like the prospect that YES they have the right to turn over your information to federal or local authorities, then get off the internet. Stop trying to make excuses for what it is youre doing. You have no leg to stand on in this situation. If the copyright owner of that music took you to court - YOU WOULD LOSE. There is no other side of the coin here buddy. You broke the law, and they have the right to bankrupt you. And GT - way to dodge the fucking question. Whatre you 13? One more thing - Record Companies are the ones who benefit from CD sales the most. Truly an artist hopes a cd does well so he can cover the costs of making the album and pay back whatever the record company loaned him, but the artist will not make that money from the record - usually. Most artist nowadays make the money from touring, advertising, and etc. In fact there are artists who rely SOLEY on touring to turn a profit. Take a look at Moby, the NEPTUNES, etc. to see how they can sell a million or less albums and still pull in big bucks (Moby-whoring out to consumer america, Neptures-producing fees - they made about 50million or so last year).