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Originally Posted by Moejoe
So what you're saying is that it was okay for you and your friends to copy music illegally, because there was less of it, but its not okay for people to share now because it's easier? And this 'food-on-the-table' argument is balderdash. If you want a steady, paying income, get a 9-5 job or at least a job that is steady enough to put that food on the table. Being an artist of any kind is not a steady job, there are no guarantees. It's not like I can apply for a 'rock-singer' job at my local Tesco's.
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You’re right, we were, in essence, stealing. However, the addition of the internet into this equation is a game changer, cause, unless you had millions of friends, the scale and consequences of “free” filesharing have increased exponentially. I’m sure most bands, artists, and writers are fine with the original purchaser sharing their work with friends, but when “friends” means millions of people, well, I think they might feel differently, infringed upon.
And what if my 9-5 job is with a record label that has had to downsize as direct result of filesharing?
You may choose to believe filesharing is just the wonderful and free distribution of art, but to create that art, the artist has to make sacrifices, many of them monetary in nature.
So then, why do you feel entitled to take so freely from what they have created?