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rocketpig on 07 January 2009
JOKA_ said:
rocketpig said:
vlad321 said:
rocketpig said:
Yeah, stealing is always a better option.

*rolls eyes*

 

It depends! If the chioce is between having your money stolen, or stealing someone else's, might as well save some money....

 

I think the OP is overreacting. I've had the same thing happen to me in iTunes and the songs were never double-charged to me. Apple probably cancels the original purchase without the user agreement in place.

Nah it really did charge me twice, I went from $30 to $28 after trying to buy that one song

 

 

What did? Your gift card?

Because iTunes doesn't charge a credit card right away. They wait a day or two and combine all purchases.

If they did double-charge you, complain to Apple. Odds are, they'll fix it for you.




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Mistershine on 07 January 2009
rocketpig said:
akuma587 said:
rocketpig said:
Yeah, stealing is always a better option.

*rolls eyes*

It really is with music.  Its either they steal from you or you steal from them.  If you want to support the artists, go see them in concert.  That is where they make their money.

 

 

As much as I despise the record companies and the RIAA, taking something that isn't yours is still wrong. As much as they do wrong, they still promote the artists (yes, the ones they see fit to promote but that's another argument) and do many things to get music out there in the public eye.

They deserve their due, just like everyone else. On top of that, music is now available cheaply & DRM-free and you don't even have to buy an entire album any more. You can buy albums/songs from the artists themselves or from a myriad of digital or brick-and-mortar stores. There are more options for music fans than ever before. Sure, the RIAA has fought this at every step, but they've lost. The consumer has won.

Ten years ago, pirates said that they stole music because it wasn't available digitally. That changed. Five years ago, pirates said they stole music because it was chock full of DRM. That changed. Now, they claim to pirate because of the evilness (puts pinky to mouth) of the record companies and RIAA.

Just admit that you don't like paying for stuff and move on. There's no valid excuse not to pay for your music nowadays.

I steal music because I'm a skinflint. I don't need excuses.



DMeisterJ on 07 January 2009
twesterm said:
akuma587 said:
rocketpig said:
Yeah, stealing is always a better option.

*rolls eyes*

It really is with music.  Its either they steal from you or you steal from them.  If you want to support the artists, go see them in concert.  That is where they make their money.

Yeah, but one of the few things I hate more than people is people in large numbers.

Ahh... Twesterm...

You are so awesome.



TheNino85 on 07 January 2009

In computer games, cheap games from small publishers are, as a percentage of total sales, much more likely to get pirated than $50 games from international publishers.  It's not about the money or the "evilness" of the publisher.  It's about wanting something for free and taking it.

I've actually come to the point where I admire people who say "I pirate, I know it's stealing, but I do it anyway."  Probably because everyone I know pirates (except for me), but most of them develop this self-righteous attitude where not only is it not (lol double negative) immoral to pirate, it's actually the right thing to do.  "I'm doing it for the artist, I'm doing it to get back at the man", etc.