Orson Scott Card on mp3 File Sharing Posted by michael on Tuesday September 16, 2003 @10:01AM from the speaker-for-the-dumb dept. drjkt writes "Author Orson Scott Card gives his take on mp3 file swapping." Some artists are getting the idea.
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"The problem is I'm not rich. I can't spend all that money on CDs"
Boo hoo.
You can't afford to buy loads of CDs, so just do without.
Your excuse does NOT justify downloading bucketloads of mp3s "because I can't afford to buy CDs".
Theft because you "can't afford to buy" is never justified (with the exception of food to stave off starvation, but that hardly applies here).
People should not be afraid of their governments - Governments should be afraid of their people.