I actually worked as a busboy in a "chinese" restaurant in high school and I can tell you that chinese people don't eat what we call chinese food. I would always see the owners, the cooks, and their daughters eating something different near closing.
One day I asked them about the real chinese food they were eating. It was damn good food. They said the only real chinese food they serve is rice, the rest is just made up so american would like it.
I think we as a society need to protect people's work from being pirated. It may seem like fun now to steal the work, but I think you're going to regret it down the line. It doesn't matter if Offspring wants to give it away because they are already rich they just want more fans. It matters to the bands just starting out.
What it comes down to is property rights. Here in America if you own land, nobody can take it(unless you are the government hiding behind environmental laws) without severe repurcussions. If you are confident that your land won't be taken, then you can start to invest in it buy building a home or a factory. However if you aren't confident that it won't be taken from you, then you would never spend the time or money building anything. Companies need to feel confident in their ability to make money in order to invest. If they don't, guess what? THEY WILL STOP INVESTING TIME OR MONEY IN FINDING NEW TALENT. And if somebody stumbles upon new talent? THE NEW TALENT WILL HAVE NO REASON TO WORK WHEN THEY CAN'T GET PAID.
What that means to us: We'll still be downloading the same crappy Metallica songs 20 years from now.
You know what America would be without property rights: _________ (insert any country on the African continent)
They aren't selling anything. You're selling your labor and the companies are buying. You're just going to have to trust me on this, Supply and Demand still works in this case. If the IT workers unionized and H!-B's stayed at their current levels, I'd bet wages would go up 15-25%. Just think what unskilled factory jobs are paying these days and there isn't anywhere near the shortage in those workers. The reason: unions
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I actually worked as a busboy in a "chinese" restaurant in high school and I can tell you that chinese people don't eat what we call chinese food. I would always see the owners, the cooks, and their daughters eating something different near closing.
One day I asked them about the real chinese food they were eating. It was damn good food. They said the only real chinese food they serve is rice, the rest is just made up so american would like it.
I think we as a society need to protect people's work from being pirated. It may seem like fun now to steal the work, but I think you're going to regret it down the line. It doesn't matter if Offspring wants to give it away because they are already rich they just want more fans. It matters to the bands just starting out.
What it comes down to is property rights. Here in America if you own land, nobody can take it(unless you are the government hiding behind environmental laws) without severe repurcussions. If you are confident that your land won't be taken, then you can start to invest in it buy building a home or a factory. However if you aren't confident that it won't be taken from you, then you would never spend the time or money building anything. Companies need to feel confident in their ability to make money in order to invest. If they don't, guess what? THEY WILL STOP INVESTING TIME OR MONEY IN FINDING NEW TALENT. And if somebody stumbles upon new talent? THE NEW TALENT WILL HAVE NO REASON TO WORK WHEN THEY CAN'T GET PAID.
What that means to us: We'll still be downloading the same crappy Metallica songs 20 years from now.
You know what America would be without property rights: _________ (insert any country on the African continent)
They aren't selling anything. You're selling your labor and the companies are buying. You're just going to have to trust me on this, Supply and Demand still works in this case. If the IT workers unionized and H!-B's stayed at their current levels, I'd bet wages would go up 15-25%. Just think what unskilled factory jobs are paying these days and there isn't anywhere near the shortage in those workers. The reason: unions