| Gamerace said: I rarely download music, and when I do I don't feel guilty, 'cause I haven't bought a CD since... hell, ever. Last time I bought music is was cassette tape. I don't buy music. Just listen to it on the radio, but if there's something that I really like more than it's getting radio played, I might download it. If there was no internet, I'd have recorded it off the radio like I use to. Know what? That wasn't illegal. What's the difference really? |
The difference is that you can make a good copy. While your radio quality copy is going to suck.
Really the only reason music companies make a big deal about piracy is because it gives them a barganing chip against bands who arn't that smart and haven't done research in the matter and don't know that piracy doesn't actually hurt the big companies so much as legal song downloading does because it lets bands get around bigger developers.
Record companies make a big deal out of it so they can go to people like metallica and get a bigger cut of their tour profits. Piracy in a round about way actually makes record company more money and costs artists money. Not because of the pirates but because the companies are smart enough to use it as a bargaining trick.
