The difference between the two is your barrier to entry. Creating a large music collection via taping is MANY orders of magnitude more difficult than doing it with mp3 and Napster. You even mention it, assuming you had a million dollars...
In an ideal world both methods are wrong, but from a practical perspective (the perspective I believe Lars is coming from), cracking down on taping just isn't worth the hassle.
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The difference between the two is your barrier to entry. Creating a large music collection via taping is MANY orders of magnitude more difficult than doing it with mp3 and Napster. You even mention it, assuming you had a million dollars...
In an ideal world both methods are wrong, but from a practical perspective (the perspective I believe Lars is coming from), cracking down on taping just isn't worth the hassle.