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>> > When I learn someone's idea, am I stealing it? It's illegal to steal<br>
>> just<br>
>> > because of that gap. Copying is not stealing, it's another thing.<br>
>><br>
>> Its more like riding a train without having bought a ticket...<br>
><br>
> Are you trying to say that a free download is a lost sell?<br>
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</div>Is a trainride without ticket a lost sell?</blockquote><div><br>I think Stallman has just answered that and I couldn't agree more with him.<br><br><br><br><br>On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Christian Hufgard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pp@christian-hufgard.de">pp@christian-hufgard.de</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Félix Robles wrote:<br>
> Well, I have never bought a CD music album and I intend to keep it that<br>
> way.<br>
> Though perhaps some day I'l buy an LP or two. And I'm sure artists will<br>
> keep<br>
> releasin their albums somehow, because they need promotion: people won't<br>
> go<br>
> to their concerts if they haven't listened to them before. And that's what<br>
> albums should be considered, I think: promotion for their concerts.<br>
> Whether<br>
> you pay or that album or not is irrelevant, the relevant part is getting<br>
> people to live concerts, which is working now better than any other past<br>
> time, thanks to "piracy".<br>
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</div>So you are the person who decides, how a musician has to earn his money?<br>
Sorry, we won't match in that point. If you do not want to buy music an<br>
artist wants to sell: Than do not consume it.<br></blockquote><br>
You want me to pay because I listened to a song? No, thanks, I do not need to pay for listening to music. That's not "consuming".<br></div></div><br>