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Originally Posted by earwicker7 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
People who go to a dealer with the express purpose of trying out something they know will only be purchased online are the same spoiled brats that feel they have a "right" to stolen music/videos on the internet. Some people have no moral compass.
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I beg to differ on the last point. While you may think that working adults and children/teenagers who scrimp and save to get all their audio CDs have that commendable, perhaps heroic, attitude, please do note that not everyone are that well off; whether or not they feel that they have that 'right' to stolen downloaded music/videos is a different matter.
Not to mention that we're in a period of recession now.
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Originally Posted by earwicker7 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
If you want free music, listen to the radio or the homeless guy on the corner who plays guitar. Don't "rip" or "burn" or whatever the **** it is you kids are calling it these days in order to convince yourself it isn't stealing.
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Although I would like to agree that, morals-wise people should never have entered the downloading/torrenting bandwagon in the first place, please do try to see things from the "you kids'" POV.
I will say this again : not every works and can work, and not everyone have all that money to buy for example, 5 Frank Sinatra originals, 3 classical compilations, 2 Metallica CDs, buy 1 mid/high-end headphone from AKG, Sennheiser, Grado and Audio Technica each, buy 5 RSA amplifiers,
all this in one go and STILL NOT feel a pinch.
Maybe plenty of you peeps won't feel the pinch, but think about the children/adolescents.
I was orginally a downloader; ever since I entered the audiophile world, I started to download music less (and now only resorting to downloading those VERY RARE game music like Sonic & Knuckles just to name an example) and more to saving up for my favourite artistes, and my music exploration (from a classical/jazz/soft music lover I started listening to metal and its subgenre).
So now I'm back to being on the moral highs, but at *least* I still know the pain my peers and those below/above my age range go through when they buy something which could have been spent on something more important.
I'm eighteen and studying, for the record.
My last words are to ask those head-fiers on the moral highs to come down, look at other people's PoV or get into their shoes, whatever you want to call it, and stop pointing fingers. Once again I re-iterate my point - not everyone is rich, loaded, or have a steady/assured income to support their wants/needs.
What people do with their money I do not poke my nose into, BUT looking at people who own home audio systems or have five RSA amplifiers, and start calling "them kids who do illegal" download names and start pointing fingers at illegal downloaders/filesharers, do not expect me to turn a blind eye to that ornery.
You may be in audio heaven, but please, spare a thought for others who just want their favourite music; and all they have is that $2 earbud from Daiso or some other convenience store.