[pp.int.general] Protest certain musicians?

Christian Hufgard pp at christian-hufgard.de
Thu Oct 29 14:10:09 CET 2009


> The thing is I don't know any good reason why it should be mandatory to
> pay
> to download music, or movies, or books.

Maybe, because if you do not pay, artists won't release cds anymore. :) I
really love the additional value of having a cd with a nice booklet
instead of just bytes on a drive.


>> I use this argument myself lot of times. But I think, that it is not
>> only
>> the missing gap. You were educated not to steal and you know, that there
>> is a pretty good chance to get caught and punished.
>>
>
> When I learn someone's idea, am I stealing it? It's illegal to steal just
> because of that gap. Copying is not stealing, it's another thing.

Its more like riding a train without having bought a ticket...


Christian



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