In Reply to: Your use of inflammatory and disputable trigger words posted by Sordidman on March 22, 2007 at 11:04:01:
Boy, talk about situational ethics."The artist, and the record company have, will, and do, do better whenever music is shared . . . "
Well, to paraphrase Mark Twain, not even a burglar could have said that better.
You know, if folks stole *your* products, the hifi word would spread far and wide, and that would be better for business, no? And if you happened to be a businessman who engaged in shady practices, or simply stiffed your creditors, that would justify it stealing from you, wouldn't it?
Sheesh. Hell, handbasket, etc.
If you'd like to keep having new music to listen to, I recommend paying for it and encouraging others to do so. Song "sharing" won't put braces on the musicians' kids' teeth.
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Follow Ups
- Theft is theft. - markrohr 12:28:40 03/22/07 (44)
- Another tool for the recording industry propaganda service -t - Sordidman 12:19:28 03/23/07 (3)
- No, merely someone who makes his living selling intellectual property. - markrohr 13:04:51 03/23/07 (2)
- Don't speak about me, you have no clue who I am... - Sordidman 20:13:07 03/23/07 (1)
- Re: - J 23:51:15 03/29/07 (0)
- Yes they will... - Sordidman 12:18:37 03/23/07 (3)
- "File sharing" . . . what a lovely euphemism. nt - markrohr 12:51:16 03/23/07 (2)
- Tool of the record industry, - much sadder.... - Sordidman 20:08:02 03/23/07 (0)
- Correction: ILLEGAL "File sharing" - J 14:31:24 03/23/07 (0)
- when I was a kid I had a mono reel-to-reel tape recorder - tunenut 09:28:31 03/23/07 (13)
- My sympathies are precisely the same. - markrohr 10:00:31 03/23/07 (12)
- It was NOT fair use - J 10:05:17 03/23/07 (11)
- "I object to the harassment of innocent people to achieve this end" - markrohr 10:13:03 03/23/07 (10)
- It's not a case by case basis, - but an aspect of the fair use law -t - Sordidman 12:20:37 03/23/07 (0)
- If you did - J 10:28:44 03/23/07 (8)
- Look, J - markrohr 11:54:24 03/23/07 (7)
- Wrong - J 14:01:13 03/23/07 (6)
- "morality is difficult to define when the law has not done so" - Todd B. 02:15:55 03/25/07 (1)
- Ahh... - J 14:13:45 03/25/07 (0)
- Great post J - Sordidman 20:23:00 03/23/07 (3)
- Here's the thing - J 13:47:03 03/24/07 (2)
- Yep.... - Sordidman 11:08:03 03/26/07 (1)
- Re: Yep.... - J 15:06:42 03/26/07 (0)
- Copyright infringement is copyright infringement - J 13:42:08 03/22/07 (12)
- A distinction without a difference. - markrohr 14:24:27 03/22/07 (11)
- Lefsetz: "Piracy didn’t kill the major label business model, choice did." - J 18:26:14 03/22/07 (1)
- Perhaps you missed it. - markrohr 05:36:39 03/23/07 (0)
- The headline on this one... - J 18:07:05 03/22/07 (0)
- University of Nebraska takes Wisconsin's lead one step further - J 18:02:49 03/22/07 (0)
- "Whenever this comes up I cannot believe I'm having the conversation" - J 17:53:01 03/22/07 (0)
- I give cover to no thief - J 14:55:03 03/22/07 (5)
- Your Predicament..... - Todd Krieger 04:48:21 03/23/07 (4)
- To whom are you referring, Todd? nt - markrohr 05:22:54 03/23/07 (3)
- Re: To whom are you referring, Todd? nt - Todd Krieger 10:08:45 03/23/07 (2)
- Re: To whom are you referring, Todd? nt - markrohr 10:22:00 03/23/07 (1)
- Re: To whom are you referring, Todd? nt - Todd Krieger 11:31:53 03/23/07 (0)
- Re: Theft is theft. - Tom Brennan 13:13:34 03/22/07 (8)
- Not funny.... - Sordidman 12:25:18 03/23/07 (6)
- Re: Not funny.... - Tom Brennan 15:25:31 03/23/07 (5)
- Hold on just a second there... - J 21:58:05 03/23/07 (4)
- Re: Hold on just a second there... - Tom Brennan 12:49:00 03/24/07 (3)
- Really! - J 14:07:26 03/24/07 (2)
- Re: Really! - Tom Brennan 20:44:42 03/24/07 (1)
- Wrong - J 13:49:17 03/25/07 (0)
- Yeah, no sh!t. - markrohr 14:25:50 03/22/07 (0)