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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
Of course the legal distribution chain is scared as all hell. What they need to realize is that if they come up with an inexpensive and fairly uniform method of distribution, people will buy into it without resorting to theft.
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I'm glad we agree. I deliberately purchased the last album I bought was from amazon because the MP3s were DRM free. Before that, I bought albums from NIN after they ditched their label. Not that I download the rest or anything, I have extremely narrow tastes in music, so for me to seek out something new is unbelievably rare. I consciously and deliberately support business models that steer clear of DRM and embrace modern technology because I want to help it along.
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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
However, I don't believe that massive theft through file sharing is a way to create anything except a reactive reflex in the form of tighter DRM restrictions.
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But you really need to stop calling copyright infringement stealing/theft. One is literally, infringing upon the owner's sole right to copy something. The other is deliberately and permanently depriving the owner of a piece of physical property. Two, very very different acts.