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Originally Posted by Good Old Neon
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?
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Firstly I don't feel entitled, I buy most of my stuff, in fact, I can't think of anything I've downloaded that I don't already own in one format or another. So you're barking up the wrong tree there. That I did download but didn't already own, I make a donation or buy the product afterwards. And if your 9-5 job is with a downsized label, then I'm sorry for your lost job, but no more sorry than I would be for someone who lost their job shoeing horses when the car was invented. Things change, jobs aren't forever, sometimes they dont' even last a year. Life is tough, sorry, that's just the way it is. Trying to make sure everything remains the same is a sure fire way to be disappointed.
And it is by necessity that any artist, or creator, makes some sacrifices. That is the nature of all creation, some part is lost or given to create something new. This would be no more or less true if file-sharing did not exist. Creators create because they have to. They would if there was only ever one member in their audience, and it happened to be themselves.