05-05-2003, 03:39 PM
Hi,
After all, that is what it is, robbery pure and simple. Don't like the way the industry handles things? Then don't buy their products. They will change or they will fall. But, if you don't like Sears' policy, or the way your supermarket cuts beef, that does not give you the right to shoplift. Why does the music industry have to live under different rules? Because a bunch of cheap assed adolescents are taking advantage of how easily they can rip them off? The "try before you buy" excuse would only cut it if indeed it were true. But when people have thousands of recordings on their hard drives and about 5 bought CD's, I find that excuse to be lame. Have radios quit playing music? Is there no more MTV? Is the only way to hear the music to determine if it's worth your cash to steal it? And, how often have the thieves used the "I don't want to pay for an album just to get one cut" excuse. Sorry, music is not food. It is a luxury, not a necessity. As with any other luxury, an honest person buys it or does without. Those who take it claiming it as a "right" are plain old "criminals".
So, yes, I agree it should not be called "piracy". That gives it too much dignity and romance. It should just be called "theft" and those that indulge in it should be called "scumbags".
I find it interesting that on a site that is adamantly opposed to cheating in games people are advocating and supporting cheating and stealing in RL.
--Pete
After all, that is what it is, robbery pure and simple. Don't like the way the industry handles things? Then don't buy their products. They will change or they will fall. But, if you don't like Sears' policy, or the way your supermarket cuts beef, that does not give you the right to shoplift. Why does the music industry have to live under different rules? Because a bunch of cheap assed adolescents are taking advantage of how easily they can rip them off? The "try before you buy" excuse would only cut it if indeed it were true. But when people have thousands of recordings on their hard drives and about 5 bought CD's, I find that excuse to be lame. Have radios quit playing music? Is there no more MTV? Is the only way to hear the music to determine if it's worth your cash to steal it? And, how often have the thieves used the "I don't want to pay for an album just to get one cut" excuse. Sorry, music is not food. It is a luxury, not a necessity. As with any other luxury, an honest person buys it or does without. Those who take it claiming it as a "right" are plain old "criminals".
So, yes, I agree it should not be called "piracy". That gives it too much dignity and romance. It should just be called "theft" and those that indulge in it should be called "scumbags".
I find it interesting that on a site that is adamantly opposed to cheating in games people are advocating and supporting cheating and stealing in RL.
--Pete
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