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Originally Posted by HarryT
You may feel that there are "more positives than negatives", but please allow me the freedom to disagree with you. I happen to believe that the right of artists to be recompensed for their work takes precidence over the right of users to "get stuff for free". You're welcome to disagree with me, but it would probably save us all a great deal of agro if we just agree to differ.
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I got into this discussion late, but I have to insert a point here. I agree strongly that the right of the artist to be compensated for their work does indeed take precedence over someone's right to get something for free. But there are many, many instances in filesharing activities where this just does not apply.
A. The artist is dead with no surviving family. (sorry, you can't take it with you).
B. The artist is dead, + the work is not available through legitimate means.
C. The artist is alive + the work is not available in an acceptable format + compensation is sent directly to the artist and/or their representative.
I'm sure there are others that y'all can come up with.