Recordable Media a Bigger Threat Than Filesharing?

Matilda the Hun writes "The Register is reporting on the RIAA claims that recordable media is more of a source of piracy than P2P networks. From the article: 'The RIAA's chief executive, Mitch Bainwol, last week said music fans acquire almost twice as many songs from illegally duplicated CDs as from unauthorized downloads, Associated Press reports. According to Bainwol, in turn citing figures from market watcher NPD, 29 per cent of the recorded music obtained by listeners last year came from content copied onto recordable media. Only 16 per cent came from illegal downloads.'"

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Re:RIAA should address the cause

[Travelsonic]

On the other hand, you have a multitude of excuses for piracy. The "copyright infringement isn't theft" is my favorite, as it in no way justifies breaking of the law.

As much as I like finding the middle ground, it's shit like this - mis understanding the argument - that makes it harder.

If you actually read when the "coypright infringement isn't theft" arguemnt was presented, it was because the crime was factually mis-named, not because they think that makes the crime ok. Most of the time that is, even going to the point of disclaiming that that doesn't change how illegal it is, but instead how the argument of one concept as something else when it is either factually wrong, or a matter of disagreed opinions.