one reply i got on isratrance .. makes me wonder
If I found a magic wand that could infinitely reproduce a loaf of bread I bought at a bakery so I could feed the whole world would you say I was stealing from the bakery?
Or what if we lived in a socialist society? would you still think people are stealing when they share their music?
And we talk about ethics and respect for the artists. But lets remember that before file sharing became possible the consumer had to pay for a whole CD or record even though he might only be interested in a few songs, and even if they were interested in the whole CD many people agree that music in general was overpriced. Not a fair deal if you ask me, however did anybody ever point a finger to the artists and tell them they were disrespecting the consumer? Because the labels and artists are not just trying to maintain some minimal amount of profit necessary to bring music to the masses. No, they actually want to extract as much profit as they possibly can. But nobody ever complained since its all just part of the capitalist game right? Oh but now the tables have turned and the consumer can find a way around not having to pay for the music and you think it's unethical and a lack of disrespect to the artist? Perhaps its just that the game has taken a new direction where this time the consumer/public is the one getting the benefits. And by the way how many albums did you once buy and maybe lost? or do you have any old ruined records and tapes you bought that you would like to get on CD? Well have the artists come out to say they want to give us a free dowload of that music which we lost but actually paid for? Yeah so much for the respect theory, It should be obvious that, by these standards, protecting the artists potential to get profit, in general, is not an ethical obligation. Its all still fair play in this capitalist society game which we are all playing.
And the claim that its the lack of incentive that is what is creating bad music today, no offense but is simply ridiculous. Economic incentive has never been what drives a true artist.
Yeah compensating the artist seems fair, but unfortunately for them the music seems to want to be free and to me that feels good because I think its also fair that music can be an equal privilage to both rich and poor people. So that even in a remote village in the jungle with simply the aid of an internet connection the whole village can listen to some of humanities greatest musical creations including psy trance.
Fucking hell yeah
the guy has some fair points ,, what say ??