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Date: 2004-11-30 03:28:51

Comment:

Its a tricky issue because personally I both down load songs (never movies, I would would mutch rather pay for the higher quality picture at the cinema or dvd rental) and buy CD's.  The songs I download are the ones I wouldn't normally buy say one off one hit wonders is that still stealing? The music Industry wouldn't have got my money anyway.

And when it comes to stealing it gets into a fine line between the state law and morality.  If you were starving law says stealing to feed yourself is still wrong but morality says it is ok.

Stealing from rich people isn't right but when you consider that your not hurting the ARTISTS who make their money from tours and gigs not CD'S then it becomes more tricky.  I remember the kinks song Money Roundabout (or something like that) had a line critising the music companies executives "do they all deserve money for a song they never heard don't know the words don't know the tune
But they don't give a damn".

I think consumers are correcting an economic distortion causeed by a highly inelastic demand in the music industry.  Basically downloading will make music cheaper in the long run it won't destroy the industry beacause there will always be music and good musicians.  It will probably lead to either lower wages for the artists (unlikley) or a monoploly with one maybe two large music labels controlling everything but accepting downloadoing.

Essebntially downloading is a form of competition which will make the music industry more effecient.  It will reduce the number of artists but remember it will be the SHIT artists that go first.

The final point is that when I have gone to a website to down load music and pay ffor it the music quality is always much worse I din't know why is that a common problem or just a coincedence?