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Challenging Music Downloading Myths
The BBC is reporting on a study by digital music research firm The Leading Question, which found that people who download music from peer to peer networks paid for four and a half times more music than regular music fans. Also that most of these people "are extremely enthusiastic about paid-for services, as long as they are suitably compelling." What is nice is that the BPI welcomed the findings that not all file sharers are actually evil... they still pledged to carry on the 'carrot and stick' approach though.
I congratulate you, sir! Allow me to offer you a suitable reward.
Consider instead that we were talking about cars. When you want to buy a car, do you go down to the lot and take the keys (***without*** the dealers permission of course) and take it for a test drive?
Only if you want to get arrested.
How is downloading music to "test-drive" it any different? You don't have the dealer/owner's permission. Sure, you may go out and buy the album afterwords (or the car from the previous example). But what's stopping you from just keeping it, hoping that no one saw you take it?
If you are going to download illegal music files, at least call it what it really is.... theft
There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand this sig, and those that beat up people who do.
You may play games with words if you wish. But at the bottom line, it's dishonest, and you know it.
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
Why would you pay money for music from a group incapable of filling a 45 minute album with a quality product?
Good thing there isn't a spelling industry!
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