<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Christian Hufgard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pp@christian-hufgard.de">pp@christian-hufgard.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><div class="im">> About the computer, well, the computer is about 5 years old and it costed<br>
> me<br>
> about 1000 euros, taking into account that I download 300Mbytes in about 2<br>
> mins with my 2.5 Mbytes per sec connection, that amounts to<br>
> 2/(5*360*24*60)=7*10^-7 euros, so add that to the 0.185 cents and still<br>
> you won't have pai 0.2 cents.<br>
><br>
> Yes, I pay the marginal costs, but that's very different from buying a new<br>
> car, or the whole discography.<br>
<br>
</div>Of course. But as soon as many people would pay a Cent for each download,<br>
musicians would have much more money - to spend for new music.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div><br>The thing is I don't know any good reason why it should be mandatory to pay to download music, or movies, or books. I pay enough to musicians going to live concerts, when I want to read a good book I buy it (or go to the public library) and if a movie is good enough I will be willing to watch it three times at the cinema.<br>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br><div class="im"><br>
>> >> Libraries pay for the books and pay for loaning them. They are funded<br>
>> by<br>
>> >> tax. Just because you do not pay directly, that does not mean, that<br>
>> you<br>
>> >> pay nothing.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> > That's true in europe, since only about 2 years ago. Before that, we<br>
>> only<br>
>> > paid for buying the books, then everyone could read them for free<br>
>> (well,<br>
>> a<br>
>> > marginal cost indeed).<br>
>><br>
>> But once again, a cost that was paied.<br>
>><br>
><br>
> Of course, because I wouldn't steal a book physically, because if I did,<br>
> those who had the book would take a gap in exchange. But when I download a<br>
> song, I'm not creating any gap, in the same way that when someone tells me<br>
> an idea they still have the idea, even when they have given the idea to<br>
> me.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>I use this argument myself lot of times. But I think, that it is not only<br>
the missing gap. You were educated not to steal and you know, that there<br>
is a pretty good chance to get caught and punished.<br></blockquote><div><br>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.<br>
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