Desroko said:
dallas said:
BenKenobi88 said:
dallas said:
By adapt, I mean that music companies will have to offer pay-for downloadable content or at the very least embrace the internet to a greater degree. I really don't even care about the ethics of the situation, but I do see the need for them to adapt from a business perspective....I mean whether you hate big companies or feel that downloading is wrong, I think that there are bigger issues out there - Dafur, terrorism, etc. |
Wait, you're putting me on a guilt trip by bring Darfur and terrorism into this? Yeah those are worse...that doesn't make piracy OK. Hating big companies for all the wrong they do and money they like to grab with their greedy fingers does not make stealing OK.
I'm not a hypocrit...I just accept that it is wrong to take music and movies without paying. |
If I said that I "really don't even care about the ethics" of whether people download or not, how could I be putting someone on a guilt trip? I think that you misunderstand what I was saying. I was saying that these actions are morally insignificant (even if downloading should be judged to be wrong) when compared to other many other issues. I think that when you look at what I said, we are actually agreeing a lot more you might beleive. |
Ignorantio elenchi. There are many immoral and illegal acts that look "insignificant" when compared to murder. That does make such acts any less wrong. The two issues are entirely separate, and the fact that theft is not as heinous as murder does not mean that theft should be dismissed. |
True. Wrt downloading, everybody does it. Also, as I mentioned previously, downloading is going to happen, whether we like it or not. The practical thing to do is for the music industry to adapt so that this won't hurt their business. If they can't do that then I'm not for protection of any kind for the music industry.
