Quote:
Originally Posted by sassanik
I think that where the MP3 industry has gone wrong is in the pricing. My uncle gets pissed that I have "illegal" copies of music on my machine. My argument is that I don't buy music. I happily bought music online and PAID money when I could get it through allofmp3.com (which has been shut down) because I felt they charged a reasonable price. MP3 music is over priced IMO. Especially when I can go down to my library and check out the CD and burn it onto my computer.
|
So... your argument is that, since you believe it costs too much
in your opinion, you just take it. Do you also take steaks from your local grocer, because you believe beef is priced too high? And if not...
why not?
Most people on this planet would agree that you have no right to take something of someone else's just because you believe it is too expensive... and especially something that you do not need to ensure your survival on a daily basis. If it's too expensive, you should simply not buy it... that is a message that will encourage the music industry to lower prices, or to improve their product to an extent that you feel it is worth the price. Theft does not impart that message... it merely encourages the industry to spend more money on theft deterrent devices, and charging more for their product to make up the loss. So stealing will only drive their prices higher in the long run, until they can produce no more, and there's nothing to steal.
Quite a lot of the public is wrestling with the very idea that, essentially, e-books (and e-music) are essentially
worthless unreal things, and therefore should be free for the taking. I think we as a race should be above such antisocial concepts as "I take it because I can," and able to understand the worth of something that isn't held in your hand. This thinking needs to be changed, or the music and literature industries have no chance for a future.