2006-06-06 14:54:51 · 10 answers · asked by PurdueFan1900 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Nope.
2006-06-06 15:09:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know. It's a man-made law that puts copy "rights" on the creation of music.
My opinion is this: I have NEVER liked "copyrighting" in its technical sense. There is a BIG BIG industry out there that wants EVERY SINGLE CENT that it believes "it's" music is worth. I gave my music the "Wilson Copyright License". It is something I made up because I hate the strictness and RESTRICTIVENESS of normal copyrights. My license states that you can copy, play, and distribute my music freely as long as you:
1) Use my name with it
2) Do not include it as part of an original composition
3) Do not sell/make money with it
It still preserves my "right" to ownership without ganking people out of their money or the enjoyment they might get from listening to or playing it.
Plus, it is all those rich musicians and music execs that want their money SO BAD. I am sorry, but if I lose 20 cents out of every dollar I am supposed to have made, I wouldn't worry about it. If I should have made $1,000,000, but only made $800,000, I DON'T CARE. Woop-de-do. Get over it. You see, what the music industry doesn't tell you is that, when it says it "lost 30 mil" because of downloading, what they REALLY mean is that they lost a percentage of the money that they made AS PROFIT. OOO, so they didn't profit as much. Big deal.
When the music industry sues little girls because they download a song they like, I lose ALL respect for those bozos. Buy a good computer, a good sound card, a big hard drive, and a good recording program and RECORD ALL YOU WANT. Market it yourself, and make the big music industry pay for it's greed.
One last thing: why is it that the industry doesn't understand that, the more the songs are downloaded, the more popular they become? This actually generates sales in the end. Sure, it causes a few to be lost, but it hurts the economy WAY more to put our tax dollars behind suing "little girls" than it does for the music industry to just forget that anything was ever even downloaded. Of course, this will NEVER happen because people are just plain GREEDY.
Peace and axle grease
Jon
2006-06-07 00:44:49 · answer #2 · answered by jonthecomposer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stealing is taking something that doesn't belong to you.
Downloading music without paying for it is stealing.
So, downloading music is stealing.
God tells us in the Bible that we shouldn't steal. It's one of His commandments. Of course, it's your choice whether you will obey His command or not.
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
Plato
2006-06-07 02:22:02 · answer #3 · answered by away team 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God said :Thou shall not steal.
not
Thou Shall not download music.
nor
Thou shall not Technically Stealing by Downloading music.
So, It's okay....LOL Just kiddin' man. Well it's Illegal for a reason
2006-06-07 01:53:57 · answer #4 · answered by the_silent_philosopher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way I look at it, In the Bible God says do not steal, and down loading is technically stealing...
2006-06-06 22:06:17 · answer #5 · answered by thisiswhoiam84 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lump the major music corporations in with the money changers that jesus expelled from the temple. So no, take what you need!
Just make sure you send some money to the bands that make a difference in your life by buying a cd or a ticket, especially those bands that aren't supported by corporate dollars.
2006-06-07 01:40:55 · answer #6 · answered by viking_transplant 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no of course not.. downloading music from the internet is illegal, especially if it is copyrighted...
God said that He will provide all our needs... So ask God for guidance.. God bless you man!
2006-06-06 22:00:07 · answer #7 · answered by OhtheHeck 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, God needs the latest music too.
2006-06-06 21:57:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask him
2006-06-06 23:53:59 · answer #9 · answered by ladrhiana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if he has the copyright......lol
2006-06-06 21:58:30 · answer #10 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋