the song that the other guy took from you? it was your property. regardless of whether you can play it, or benefit from it or not, its yours. he had no right to take it. and this is what angers the RIAA, and others. whether it hurts them or not, is not the point. again... their actions make me sick, but i wont condone pirating no matter how disgusting the copyright owners might be.
your using something that cost time and effort, to create a work, that you are enjoying.
don't dilute yourself by thinking that just because you aren't profiting from a given work, that you are not stealing and cheapening the hard work of someone else.
don't get me wrong, i hate the RIAA and all else who act like them. but we shouldn't stoop to their levels and steal, steal-alike.
Your spare room is not "abundant." You only have one of them, and it can only hold a finite number of people.
MP3 files are abundant. Once they exist, there can be an infinite number of them at zero additional cost.
You are kidding yourself if you insist that this fact does not change the moral landscape.
true, and i wish that made it ok.
the fact is, the talent and production (to make that mp3) came at a high cost, and the money to produce it - (depending on the recording company), is not abundant.
just because you can make limitless copies of something, doesn't negate the value of the original work.
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the song that the other guy took from you? it was your property. regardless of whether you can play it, or benefit from it or not, its yours. he had no right to take it. and this is what angers the RIAA, and others. whether it hurts them or not, is not the point. again... their actions make me sick, but i wont condone pirating no matter how disgusting the copyright owners might be.
your using something that cost time and effort, to create a work, that you are enjoying. don't dilute yourself by thinking that just because you aren't profiting from a given work, that you are not stealing and cheapening the hard work of someone else. don't get me wrong, i hate the RIAA and all else who act like them. but we shouldn't stoop to their levels and steal, steal-alike.
Your spare room is not "abundant." You only have one of them, and it can only hold a finite number of people.
MP3 files are abundant. Once they exist, there can be an infinite number of them at zero additional cost.
You are kidding yourself if you insist that this fact does not change the moral landscape.
true, and i wish that made it ok. the fact is, the talent and production (to make that mp3) came at a high cost, and the money to produce it - (depending on the recording company), is not abundant. just because you can make limitless copies of something, doesn't negate the value of the original work.