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In Reply to: Re: FINALLY! posted by Ozzy on March 2, 2007 at 03:29:58:
are on the rise. I see no cultural signs that individuals have chosen to enlighten themselves or dispense with less than edifying music. They're just stealing more than ever, which, of course, would be consistent behavior to the ethos of that genre of music. Drench the minds of individuals with it enough and what would one expect? A more honest society? It may be that it's a fad that has begun to burn out, but I dobut it. I think the artists/labels are now the victims of their own culture of disrespect and indecency. I'm guessing that one could track the adverse effect on cd sales by the sales of mp3 players. A lag, then, whoosh, there goes some more sales due to pirated music. A culture that glorifies indecency will not willingly pay for things that they can steal.
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...that the post above was intended sarcastically, in case anyone missed that fact.I would much rather hang out with a bunch of drug-addicted low-riders than one self-righteous--um--person whose willing to condemn a whole culture on zero evidence. But I know--moral superiority feels SO nice. You gotta get your high somehow.
which one in this thread is the self-righteous one.
without knowing anything about me or the fact that I have befriended persons who have been in prison, addicted to drugs, had major moral lapses, etc. Many are still my friends; that doesn't mean I have to condone what I perceive to be an immoral culture.
Pirated music results in the sale of illegal copies. I think what you're getting at is copyright infringement.But then we have regressed towards what I would characterize as a society that's very educated on headlines & less educated on why the terms so often used in them are so frequently misused.
In these parts the rise of hip-hop has somehow coincided with an across-the-board decrease, not increase, in crime. Including something like a 70% drop in the murder rate over the last 15 years.
Anecdotal evidence plays better, though.
Anybody, like Maui, who makes some or all of their living involved in or with the music business is employing faulty logic in celebrating revenue loss, especially on the basis of personal taste. Moreover, his opinion that this is not music is simply incorrect.
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