Quote:
|
Originally Posted by fatboy
Sorry, I should've posted the question I was answering. He should expect to face punishment if he downloads music that he can't obtain legally.
|
Ok. Thanks for the clarification.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by fatboy
Nuclear weapons aren't offered where I live, but I expect the government to throw me in jail if I try to steal one.
|
Nuclear weapons are nowhere comparable with music but thanks for this completely outlandish comparison. :stupid:
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by fatboy
It's not the RIAA that's determining what music you can listen to - it's the rest of us.
|
Oh yeah.... So now someone like you (that has no idea about German or Indian music) will dictate what can be sold or not! Someone stop this stupidity.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by fatboy
We're not demanding the music you listen to so there is no market.
|
Because I listen to something that the majority doesn't listen to, I get punished for your ignorance, dislike of one kind of music.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by fatboy
You can still get the music, it would just take more effort on your part (travel to India and buy it there, enlist a broker from India to buy it for you, you could demand to pay the artist directly by sending a check to them when you download the music).
|
Actually, I have spent close to $50 per CD by enlisting a broker (respectively family) to ship it or hand deliver it. There is no way to obtain it in a reasonable time frame and at a reasonable cost. A Cd mass produced costs less than $1, the cost is $15 in the store (and more in Europe), shipping etc. are outrageous on top of that and take forever.
You can not send money to an artist directly as you would potentially have cut the record company out of the deal, leaving them without their Lions share.
I guess my point is that as long as it is not reasonably obtainable, it should not be punishable to download...
But then again... dial up sucks for downloading so I mustn't worry about too much of that...
:thumbsup: