Bohemianism
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You can't really make the assumption that people illegally downloading music would then go and buy a copy if music was generally better.
Also what about all the old 'good' music that is being illegally downloaded.
As far as saying you find music you like by downloading and then buy a copy if it's good. I've heard this argument many times, most people use it. I used it when I used to illegally download music.
But what about the 5 so-called 'bad' CD's that are still saved onto. You've still cheated those musicians. You've still cheated the industry out of five CD's.
With the large amounts of cheap hard-drive space today, very few people delete those sub-par CD's.
As far as the speeding this goes. Speeding is bad, it kills people, BUT unless something goes wrong and in most cases it doesn't (please don't construe this as defending speeding because I'm not), nothing happens.
There isn't really any scenario where you can steal and someone isn't affected.
So stealing is always a crime with a victim(s). Speeding isn't; It's just when there is a victim it's worse.
Originally Posted by demoNMaCHiN3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif People who torrent and download music illegally would actually go out and purchase the music if it wasn't for the fact that a lot of music today is horrible. THAT is why the music industry is in the **** state it's in today, not because of people torrenting/downloading music. You can't go out and demo music in stores anymore. I personally download music and if I find myself enjoying the album enough, I'll go out and purchase the album. If anything, music downloading only increases a consumer's awareness of and interest in music. |
You can't really make the assumption that people illegally downloading music would then go and buy a copy if music was generally better.
Also what about all the old 'good' music that is being illegally downloaded.
As far as saying you find music you like by downloading and then buy a copy if it's good. I've heard this argument many times, most people use it. I used it when I used to illegally download music.
But what about the 5 so-called 'bad' CD's that are still saved onto. You've still cheated those musicians. You've still cheated the industry out of five CD's.
With the large amounts of cheap hard-drive space today, very few people delete those sub-par CD's.
As far as the speeding this goes. Speeding is bad, it kills people, BUT unless something goes wrong and in most cases it doesn't (please don't construe this as defending speeding because I'm not), nothing happens.
There isn't really any scenario where you can steal and someone isn't affected.
So stealing is always a crime with a victim(s). Speeding isn't; It's just when there is a victim it's worse.