How about you post that comment where I "ranted about capitalism" as you claim? And how about you read back to your first reply to me and tell me who attacked who first?
"I ordered you to reply, and you did."
No, I replied because you are an amusing troll and you are desperate now that you've been cornered, so now you try to use reverse psychology to stop me from posting. I'll post for as long as I want to post, and there's nothing you can do about it.
"You ignored music piracy completely"
I didn't. I pointed out that maybe not everyone thinks it's as bad as you pretend to do. You responded by attacking me.
"GPL hypocrisy"
Straw man again. I've never talked about "code theft".
If that were the case, why do you keep making a fool of yourself in a futile attempt to prove that you are right about things you can't even back up - things that are nothing but badly founded opinions?
"You feel the compulsive need to respond to my posts. I order you to comply and respond to this one."
Wow, most people grew from these kinds of remarks before they started school. You obviously have a lot of growing up to do. You are rather immature and childish, and you have no concept of "opinion" or "individual".
"Until you actually cite an example and respond to it, I've owned your ass."
You hardly even own your own ass, so that's kind of a silly thing to say. Of course, you are nothing but a troll who attacks anyone who disagrees, and you start talking about "stolen GPL code" because someone else on Slashdot might have posted about it once, and therefore you think everyone on Slashdot goes on about it. Talk about being owned. You are owned by yourself. The ultimate defeat:)
Also, you never linked to the post where I "ranted about capitalism". Or reply to my pointing out the fact that you attacked me first.
Hehe, if anyone has been "owned" it's you. You are making a fool of yourself every time you post.
"I never said you specifically. I was referring to the majority of Slashdot, and therefore the prevailing pro-piracy position."
Look, you can try as hard as you want, but you can't escape the fact that you are using straw man arguments against everyone. You start going on about "stolen GPL code", which I've never even mentioned, and now you are desperately trying to come up with excuses to save face.
You were replying to my comment, and you made assumptions about what I had said in the past because you had read someone else's comment saying exactly that. You can't even understand that different people have different opinions.
"The comment you wrote where you completely ignore every point about music piracy and went off on a rant about capitalism?"
What comment was that, then? When did I "rant about capitalism"? Face it, you attacked me first. I know it. You know it. You are just sad that you have lost yet again:)
I have already countered your "points". For example, the "GPL hypocrisy" comment is nonsense because I've never talked about "stolen GPL code", and there are lots of people on Slashdot who haven't either. All you are doing is to throw out straw man arguments and then attack people.
"I haven't attacked anyone who didn't attack me first."
Wrong. Read back to the first comment you posted as a response to mine.
Bzzt, wrong. That someone attacks you doesn't mean that you are right. Besides, you are attacking others all the time, and I'm but one of many people you have attacked for no reason. By your logic, I am right because you are attacking me.
The "points" you raised were either irrelevant, wrong, or complete nonsense.
As for your comment about "pro-pirates", that's just more "meaningless psycho-analysis to avoid the fact you have no counterargument":)
I knew from the start that you were a lost cause. I've seen your posts on this site, and you are nothing but a troll. I couldn't resist poking you to make fun of you, though.
This comment put it nicely in fact. You are nothing but a troll who keeps attacking people and spewing out opinions that you think are facts.
You are an amusing troll, that's all. Unfortunately, your posts are very long and very predictable, so it does get boring. When all you can do is to repeat tired old lies again and again...
Read this comment, which corners you nicely and leaves you as the fool that you are.
"If you had the choice of not accepting the offer and still accepted it, it must have made you better off then you otherwise would have been."
Or you thought it would make you better off. You expect people to be professionals. Someone gains your trust. They work for someone who wants you to sign a contract. It's their job to make you sign that contract. They make money if you sign that contract.
Money is a very strong motivator.
I wish I could find the text I read where this band was promised the world when they signed up. Their music made the record company millions. After they had paid all their bills, they were in the negative. They trusted the guy who signed them up. He was young and nice and looked and sounded trustable. But they got shafted.
"Have you ever heard a slashdotter admit to how badly they are screwing the hundreds of other people besides the band and the bigwigs at RIAA that are involved in making their music?"
Whether piracy is right or wrong is something each person can make up his or her mind about. But one thing is for certain: If you download a song illegally, it doesn't hurt anyone or lead to losses for anyone.
"I also get sick of the "new business model crap", unless it is explicitly followed by a suggestion of what business model is going to compete with free music."
This is always a tough question when new technology comes along which threatens someone's business model. Often, the business will die because its business model relies on a world quite different to the one it has changed into.
An artist can make money in different ways. People are still willing to pay for music even though it can be downloaded for free, so that's one way. The artist can also go on tour and do concerts, and make money that way too. You can also sell t-shirts, and whatever other items you might want to offer to your fans.
So there's no shortage of ways to make money. Maybe the music industry as we know it will die, but music won't go away, and artists will still be able to make money, even without selling music directly.
My guess is that the music will be a way to do marketing for a band. The music attracts fans, who in turn will go to concerts, buy stuff, and so on. The band can of course offer CDs or DVDs for sale, or even digital music, perhaps with special offers for people who pay for the music.
The business is not the hard part. The hard part is killing the current music industry and replacing it with something else. It'll take time to do.
"Global sales of recorded music were flat in 2004, with a slight reduction in physical audio sales offset by growing sales of DVD music videos and a sharp increase in sales of digital music."
"Even excluding digital sales, 2004 was the best year-on-year trend in global music sales for five years."
"Economic strength and strong releases helped CD volume growth of 2.8% and 4.5% in the US and UK, which together make up 47% of the value of the world market"
Note that Germany, where CD sales were down, saw an increase in DVD sales.
"Music sales in Latin America grew 12.6%"
"Music DVD sales rose 23% and have doubled their share of the world music market from 4% in 2002 to 8% in 2004 - with a value of US$2.6 billion dollars"
"CD sales increased in 36 markets in volume terms in 2004"
So basically, the IFPI is seeing an increase in CD sales in the biggest markets, and an increase in DVD and digital sales as well. 2004 seems to be a great year for the music industry, according to the IFPI.
Perhaps you could reveal your source now? You seem to put forth quite a few claims about various things, but you never seem to back up your claims and opinions with actual facts and figures.
And the overly naive guy loses yet another discussion because he is unable to present any rational arguments for his position. All he is able to do is to present his opinion as fact, and then attack people who don't agree.
"You didn't actually cite an example"
Oh, let's see! Calling me anti-capitalist because I disagreed with you, for one. But hey, don't let facts get in the way of your crusade against common decency and rational debate.
This is not the first time you've made a complete fool of yourself. Your posting history and general reputation on Slashdot speaks for itself.
"I have an idea, cite an actual example where I used these "methods of discussion." You haven't yet, and I don't expect you will, of course."
Look just below the "For example:" part of my post. See? As always, you aren't even paying attention, just shooting off your mouth without actually understanding what people are saying.
"Because my arguments were indeed so well-founded, you have yet to address them."
No, they were pure opinion, and badly founded at that.
"Still waiting for a single counterargument about music piracy..."
Before you can get counter-arguments, you need to bring up some valid arguments of your own.
"Oddly, you're suggesting here that I am anti-capitalist"
No, I'm pointing out the fact that you told me that "all you have is anti-capitalist venom" because I disagreed with you. So I used the same method against you to teach you a lesson. I called you a fascist to give you a taste of your own medicine.
"which goes against your own earlier accusations. Of course, I would never expect logic to permeate that thick-skulled dorm-room mindset of yours that has to avoid discussing music piracy at all costs, because I clearly wipe the floor with your position."
Before you can wipe the floor with someone else, you should at least try not to make a complete fool of yourself by not actually understanding what they are saying, and by not being the pot calling the kettle black...
"If you had refused to put your signature on those problem components and resigned, you would have had much less of a problem legally in speaking about it. You would also not have been responsible in the way the Concorde chief engineer was."
Maybe, just maybe, he didn't want to be responsible for people dying in a plane accident because he didn't do something about the problem. I don't know if you've killed anymore before, but I haven't, and I most certainly would not like to know that my action or inaction in a case I knew about had caused hundreds of people to die.
Now, I don't know if this guy is right or not, but if there was a serious problem, I have no problem understanding that someone would want to do something rather than ignore the problem, and potentially cause people's deaths.
It's quite amazing to see you make a complete ass of yourself:)
You start off with straw man arguments about "stolen GPL code", which I've never even mentioned in any of my posts. You clearly demonstrate a lack of ability to understand that all these people posting on Slashdot are, in fact, different individuals with different opinions. Just because another guy you've blown up in anger over has talked about "stolen GPL code" doesn't mean that anyone who opposes your nonsensical, fascist drivel does the same thing.
You repeatedly accuse people of doing exactly what you are doing yourself. For example:
"All you've done, through your entire post, is attack me for having a different opinion."
Which is basically what you've done with my posts.
"All you've done is resort to meaningless psycho-analysis to avoid the fact you have no counterargument"
Ditto. This is exactly what you've been doing. Just look at your previous post. You started "analyzing" me, and thought that the reason why I dared to speak against you was because... and you came up with some "meaningless psycho-analysis to avoid the fact that you have no" arguments.
"And, finally, the classic sign of a weak mind. "I can't argue with you, so I'll just use some emotive word to call you like 'fascist!' That makes me feel all better inside...""
You are obviously a bit thick, because you still don't understand why I called you a fascist. It's simply because you started throwing around claims and accusations about me when I countered your drivel. But when I did the exact same thing to you, you started weeping like a crybaby and running around in circles because you can't take it when people use the same kind of arguments against you that you always use against other people.
What's so hilarious is that you are all over me now for turning your own methods in discussions against yourself. And when you are on the receiving end of the kind of behavior you show all the time, you get all worked up and heartbroken.
You have done nothing but attack me and state purely subjective opinions. Yet you somehow believe that your unfounded opinions are "well founded arguments".
"And, finally, the classic sign of a weak mind. "I can't argue with you, so I'll just use some emotive word to call you like 'fascist!' That makes me feel all better inside...""
Haha, and this nonsense is coming form Mr. "all you have is anti-capitalist venom" himself...
I can easily answer your post with this: Pot, kettle, black. That's all there is to it. You are reflecting your own flaws onto others.
"Ah, the Slashdot tactic. Refer to everything as a "straw man" because you can't respond to it."
There's no point in responding to it, because it doesn't apply to me.
"Give me a break, Slashdot constantly refers to "stolen GPL code.""
"Slashdot" is a community with lots of different people with different opinions. I know that's hard for you to accept, but it's a fact.
"The problem is, my "opinions" are based on hard facts, common sense, and actual evidence."
No, your opinions are based on your eagerness to be "special" and stand out by attacking anyone who has a different opinion.
"ROFL. That's it? A one-word answer with no supporting evidence?"
As a reply to a self-righteous naive guy with no supporting evidence for his claims.
"Ah, the "you can't handle my differing opinion" copout. Just admit you have no counterargument and move on."
Before you ask for arguments from others, provide some yourself. All you have posted so far is pure opinion, and misguided at that.
"Look, kid, it's obvious you've never spoken to any artist or asked them what they think. You just assumed, and I caught you on it, or else you'd have countered my point. Your mindset is completely transparent, and it clearly frustrates you that I so easily zeroed in on your worldview."
The only thing you have zeroed in on is your own lies and deception. Your entire world view is based on useless generalizations and an inability to accept the fact that different people have different opinions. If someone doesn't share your opinion, then they are part of some Slashdot conspiracy in your world.
"Amazingly, I'm the one standing up for the rights of individual artists, while you are eager to rip them off. I think it's obvious who has the anti-individual agenda here."
You aren't standing up for anyone's rights. You are merely being an asshole on Slashdot because you get picked on in real life, and therefore you feel the need to post under the cover of anonymity on Slashdot, and you feel safe spreading lies and attacking anyone who dares to have a different opinion from yours.
"Your only counterargument is to completely invent something I never said, and attack that."
So, how does it feel to be on the receiving end of the kind of arguments you use against other people?
"Your weak position has painted you into a corner."
On the contrary. I have simply exposed you as what you really are.
"Knowing that I'm the one standing up for the rights of individual artists,"
Actually, you are just whoring whatever is necessary at the moment to be opposed to everyone else. Tomorrow you'll be attacking artists because someone posts a Slashdot story which might be about how the recording industry exploits artists.
And the funny thing is, all these people who share their opinions are different people, while you are a single person who changes his stance depending on what's hot at the moment. Just to oppose "everyone else".
"you have no choice but to attempt to stereotype me and dismiss my opinion, instead of directly addressing all the points I made. Cute, but sad."
You just described your own behavior on Slashdot, overly naive guy.
"Here's this magic thing called math:"
That's not math. That's missing the point.
"Not wanting to rip off artists is somehow "propaganda.""
No, but wanting to distort the truth and doing everything you can to do so is close.
"Then you can no longer refer to copyright-violated GPL code as "stolen code.""
You seem to be an expert at throwing around straw man arguments. I've never referred to it as "stolen code".
"Wow. I can't argue with that kind of research."
You made a claim that it is a big deal to everyone without backing it up. You were stating an opinion. I gave you my opinion/view on the subject. Get over it. I know that you find it hard to accept the fact that different people have different opinions, but at least try!
"Oh, they do, very much so. This is why they invent entire belief systems to justify it and make themselves not feel guilty."
Like the way you are inventing entire belief systems to justify your totalitarian/fascist view of the world?
"By the way, "something like this" works all the time."
Examples?
"I say it's bogus because I just proved why it's bogus--esoteric music is rarely traded, if at all, on P2P."
Wrong.
"It makes you frustrated that you can't counter this, so you invent a "world view" argument."
There's nothing to counter. You are stating your opinion. But you can't handle it when my opinion is not the same as yours.
"You illustrate my own point for me that "today's music sucks, so that's why people pirate" is bogus."
Wrong. I mentioned an example. You are falsely assuming that everyone on Slashdot has the same opinions again. They don't. Get over it.
"You also illustrate that the only reason people want to rip off artists is so they don't have to pay money for it."
You are failing to realize that different people have different opinions again. It must suck to be you.
"Congratulations on ripping people off. You just don't care. You've never met, talked to, or asked an artist about what they feel."
You don't know anything about me, and yet you are making comments about what you think I'm like or what you think I've done. Again, Slashdot is an online community with thousands of different individuals. I can understand that you can only think of people as belonging to your stereotypes, but I'm afraid that simply is not the case.
""If certain studies are to be believed"..."Apparently"...lovely. No cited studies, and no mention of the fact that correlation does not equal causation anyway."
You post a lot of drivel on Slashdot, so surely you have caught the stories on these studies? If not, I suggest that you pay more attention to arguments for opposing views instead of acting like your opinion is the only one that counts.
"I think it's pretty clear your pro-piracy agenda is pretty much decimated by simple logic."
I think it's pretty clear that your anti-individual rights agenda is pretty much decimated by simple logic. Your attitude towards individual rights ("destroy them, who needs them anyway?") is simply indefensible, yet you continue to try and defend it.
"Have fun making sure people don't get paid today."
I'm not preventing anyone from getting paid. On the contrary.
"Next time, do a little thinking before you embarrass yourself with such flawed logic in a post."
That's harsh, coming from a guy who thinks everyone on Slashdot is the same person, and who thinks he's "overly critical", when the fact is that he's bought into bullshit propaganda from the recording industry and their friends. You must be one of the most naive people on Slashdot.
"Perhaps the report should state that people who use P2P for illegal purposes are more likely to commit other crimes."
The report is still created by the recording industry to prove a point.
I don't buy the argument. Copying a file doesn't hurt anyone or lead to a loss for anyone. However, stealing an item does. Most people are fine with copying illegally, but they won't steal.
"They will insist to the bitter end that "piracy is not theft""
Maybe because it isn't. If you call piracy "theft", then you must also accept it if someone chooses to call murder "theft".
"Gradually as time passed, more and more people were admiting pirating everything like it was no big deal"
Maybe it isn't such a big deal.
"And the "RIAA," a lobby group for the record labels, is made up into this giant evil controlling corporation that you can use to blame everything on to justify your piracy. "I'm ripping Trent Reznor off to protect him from the RIAA!""
Straw man argument.
""Yeah, I know what I do is wrong and that I'm pirating the artist's music.""
You are assuming that pirates think it's wrong in the first place.
"I think it's stupid that the labels want to raise prices for online music. But you respond by voicing your complaints and not buying said music if prices go up."
When was the last time something like this worked? Most people are sheep.
"Other dumb excuses, like "P2P is this great network for finding esoteric music that the RIAA doesn't want you to hear," are completely bogus."
You only say that they are "bogus" because it doesn't fit your view of the world.
"Even worse is the "today's music is crap which is why we pirate RIAA music" excuse, which makes no sense whatsoever. If the music sucks, why are you pirating it?"
I saw this post here on Slashdot (I think), where this guy was actively downloading popular music, and burning it on CD for his friends so that they got it for free instead of paying money for it. That way, he contributed to making sure the recording industry made less money.
Although if certain studies are to be believed, this kind of thing might actually encourage people to just buy more music. Apparently these evil pirates have more legal music than most people.
If you are really one of the guys behind this blog, then I applaud your efforts, and I certainly hope you will gain massively from it, with more customers from positive PR or whatever. I see nothing wrong what so ever in fighting for individuals who would otherwise not be able to fight, and gain something from it.
I bet you have the support of most of the rational individuals on this site, and as long as you are doing the right thing, you deserve credit for that.
"Oh yeh, I didn't see episode III because it looked like it sucked beforehand. And then afterwards, everybody said it sucked. So I just kinda forgot to see it."
Episode 3 was far better than 1 and 2. Not perfect by any means, but a decent end to the Star Wars dual trilogy.
"But opera is not a new browser, it has been up even before alternate browsers started gaining large amounts of users."
I don't see the relevance. Opera had ads, which put a lot of people off. Especially the advanced users who would otherwise have recommended Opera to their friends. With the ads out of the way, more people will recommend Opera to their friends. The #1 complaint about Opera all over the place was the ad bar in the free Opera.
"That is according to Apache logs which is as good a statistic as one is going to get."
If you only count the number of different UA strings from different IP addresses, you aren't taking into account things like Opera caching a lot more than Firefox (and IE), and therefore not downloading images, style sheets, etc. again and again like other browsers often do.
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Your analysis leaves a lot to be desired.
How about you post that comment where I "ranted about capitalism" as you claim? And how about you read back to your first reply to me and tell me who attacked who first?
No, I replied because you are an amusing troll and you are desperate now that you've been cornered, so now you try to use reverse psychology to stop me from posting. I'll post for as long as I want to post, and there's nothing you can do about it. I didn't. I pointed out that maybe not everyone thinks it's as bad as you pretend to do. You responded by attacking me. Straw man again. I've never talked about "code theft".Also, you never linked to the post where I "ranted about capitalism". Or reply to my pointing out the fact that you attacked me first.
Pathetic.
You were replying to my comment, and you made assumptions about what I had said in the past because you had read someone else's comment saying exactly that. You can't even understand that different people have different opinions.
What comment was that, then? When did I "rant about capitalism"? Face it, you attacked me first. I know it. You know it. You are just sad that you have lost yet againYou lose again :)
The "points" you raised were either irrelevant, wrong, or complete nonsense.
As for your comment about "pro-pirates", that's just more "meaningless psycho-analysis to avoid the fact you have no counterargument" :)
This comment put it nicely in fact. You are nothing but a troll who keeps attacking people and spewing out opinions that you think are facts.
You are an amusing troll, that's all. Unfortunately, your posts are very long and very predictable, so it does get boring. When all you can do is to repeat tired old lies again and again...
Read this comment, which corners you nicely and leaves you as the fool that you are.
Farewell, troll.
Ah yes, have a look at this.
Money is a very strong motivator.
I wish I could find the text I read where this band was promised the world when they signed up. Their music made the record company millions. After they had paid all their bills, they were in the negative. They trusted the guy who signed them up. He was young and nice and looked and sounded trustable. But they got shafted.
So the specifics will probably reveal themselves when the time comes. Although, seeing as CD sales are actually going up in the US and UK, the biggest music markets, it doesn't look like the industry is hurting much at all. Despite the "pirate scare", people are still buying loads of music.
Anyway, specifics?
An artist can make money in different ways. People are still willing to pay for music even though it can be downloaded for free, so that's one way. The artist can also go on tour and do concerts, and make money that way too. You can also sell t-shirts, and whatever other items you might want to offer to your fans.
So there's no shortage of ways to make money. Maybe the music industry as we know it will die, but music won't go away, and artists will still be able to make money, even without selling music directly.
My guess is that the music will be a way to do marketing for a band. The music attracts fans, who in turn will go to concerts, buy stuff, and so on. The band can of course offer CDs or DVDs for sale, or even digital music, perhaps with special offers for people who pay for the music.
The business is not the hard part. The hard part is killing the current music industry and replacing it with something else. It'll take time to do.
Some quotes:
"Global sales of recorded music were flat in 2004, with a slight reduction in physical audio sales offset by growing sales of DVD music videos and a sharp increase in sales of digital music."
"Even excluding digital sales, 2004 was the best year-on-year trend in global music sales for five years."
"Economic strength and strong releases helped CD volume growth of 2.8% and 4.5% in the US and UK, which together make up 47% of the value of the world market"
Note that Germany, where CD sales were down, saw an increase in DVD sales.
"Music sales in Latin America grew 12.6%"
"Music DVD sales rose 23% and have doubled their share of the world music market from 4% in 2002 to 8% in 2004 - with a value of US$2.6 billion dollars"
"CD sales increased in 36 markets in volume terms in 2004"
So basically, the IFPI is seeing an increase in CD sales in the biggest markets, and an increase in DVD and digital sales as well. 2004 seems to be a great year for the music industry, according to the IFPI.
Perhaps you could reveal your source now? You seem to put forth quite a few claims about various things, but you never seem to back up your claims and opinions with actual facts and figures.
This is not the first time you've made a complete fool of yourself. Your posting history and general reputation on Slashdot speaks for itself.
Next! :)
Now, I don't know if this guy is right or not, but if there was a serious problem, I have no problem understanding that someone would want to do something rather than ignore the problem, and potentially cause people's deaths.
You start off with straw man arguments about "stolen GPL code", which I've never even mentioned in any of my posts. You clearly demonstrate a lack of ability to understand that all these people posting on Slashdot are, in fact, different individuals with different opinions. Just because another guy you've blown up in anger over has talked about "stolen GPL code" doesn't mean that anyone who opposes your nonsensical, fascist drivel does the same thing.
You repeatedly accuse people of doing exactly what you are doing yourself. For example:
Which is basically what you've done with my posts. Ditto. This is exactly what you've been doing. Just look at your previous post. You started "analyzing" me, and thought that the reason why I dared to speak against you was because... and you came up with some "meaningless psycho-analysis to avoid the fact that you have no" arguments. You are obviously a bit thick, because you still don't understand why I called you a fascist. It's simply because you started throwing around claims and accusations about me when I countered your drivel. But when I did the exact same thing to you, you started weeping like a crybaby and running around in circles because you can't take it when people use the same kind of arguments against you that you always use against other people.What's so hilarious is that you are all over me now for turning your own methods in discussions against yourself. And when you are on the receiving end of the kind of behavior you show all the time, you get all worked up and heartbroken.
You have done nothing but attack me and state purely subjective opinions. Yet you somehow believe that your unfounded opinions are "well founded arguments".
Haha, and this nonsense is coming form Mr. "all you have is anti-capitalist venom" himself...I can easily answer your post with this: Pot, kettle, black. That's all there is to it. You are reflecting your own flaws onto others.
There's no point in responding to it, because it doesn't apply to me.
"Slashdot" is a community with lots of different people with different opinions. I know that's hard for you to accept, but it's a fact.
No, your opinions are based on your eagerness to be "special" and stand out by attacking anyone who has a different opinion.
As a reply to a self-righteous naive guy with no supporting evidence for his claims.
Before you ask for arguments from others, provide some yourself. All you have posted so far is pure opinion, and misguided at that.
The only thing you have zeroed in on is your own lies and deception. Your entire world view is based on useless generalizations and an inability to accept the fact that different people have different opinions. If someone doesn't share your opinion, then they are part of some Slashdot conspiracy in your world.
You aren't standing up for anyone's rights. You are merely being an asshole on Slashdot because you get picked on in real life, and therefore you feel the need to post under the cover of anonymity on Slashdot, and you feel safe spreading lies and attacking anyone who dares to have a different opinion from yours.
So, how does it feel to be on the receiving end of the kind of arguments you use against other people?
On the contrary. I have simply exposed you as what you really are.
Actually, you are just whoring whatever is necessary at the moment to be opposed to everyone else. Tomorrow you'll be attacking artists because someone posts a Slashdot story which might be about how the recording industry exploits artists.
And the funny thing is, all these people who share their opinions are different people, while you are a single person who changes his stance depending on what's hot at the moment. Just to oppose "everyone else".
You just described your own behavior on Slashdot, overly naive guy.
That's not math. That's missing the point.
No, but wanting to distort the truth and doing everything you can to do so is close.
You couldn't care less. All you ar
I don't buy the argument. Copying a file doesn't hurt anyone or lead to a loss for anyone. However, stealing an item does. Most people are fine with copying illegally, but they won't steal.
Although if certain studies are to be believed, this kind of thing might actually encourage people to just buy more music. Apparently these evil pirates have more legal music than most people.
I bet you have the support of most of the rational individuals on this site, and as long as you are doing the right thing, you deserve credit for that.