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The Law and P2P
Anonymous Coward writes "Here's some interesting legal commentary on the continuing saga of copyright enforcement and Apple's attempt at a constructive approach."
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Why would you goto a job and earn money when you can just take it from somebody else?
Downloading music and stealing money are both illegal and wrong.
This is why people are willing to buy music, movies, and other art forms. It pays for the process of creating them. If you don't buy music, then then the people that created them can't create it. And if everybody stops buying music, then someday we will end up with advertisements being sung as part of our songs.
Believe it or not, it takes money to produce a CD, record, or movie. Even if the artist doesn't get as much of that money as you think they deserve, that doesn't give you the right to copy it without paying for it--unless you already own it and then fall under fair-use.
Lets be realistic, how many slashdot readers would be without a job if their software was copied freely.
Why would i pay to download music on one service, that i can download for free on another?
Considering over 1 million songs were downloaded the first week, it would appear plenty of people are willing to do the right thing, and pay for the songs they listen to. Same reason many of buy software in the stores even though it is available on P2P.
sigh... now the only thing keeping me needing P2P is my Inu Yasha downlaods. Someday it will be easy to get the latest anime in the U.S....
You are getting better, but still you are an insipid wannabe. Try a little harder boy. Drink your milk.