I find it hard to stomach - the listening public has been bombarded with 'downloading copyrighted music/video is wrong'. Now the RIAA believes that rattaning those college kids across the wallet will stop the practice of illegal downloading - absurd.
Hey - Some may feel justified downloading songs - remember the recent music/consumer retail industry mastermind plan to inflate prices of retail CDs... (of which I bought many)... what resulted from that ridiculous mess was a class action lawsuit against the industry giants responsible - I never received my check from SONY, BMG, or any of the other conglomerate music machine bigwigs. They made additional hunderds of millions - and the fiscal legal ramifications against them was 1/100,000,000th of what they made (more like 'legally' stole) from us.
Hey - RIAA - Go get the 3K from the music industry cash coffers - they have the vaults, not those poor college kids. Then maybe we'll forgive you.
try - Future of Music Coalition.
2007-03-09 05:25:38 · 6 answers · asked by brothercommabig 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If you think that the price of CD's is inflated, then do without them
It is just music, not medicine, you don't want to pay for it then live without it.
I like my music and have no problem shelling out $10-15 per CD if it is one that I would like to listen to. If not, I don't buy it.
But I don't think that it is OK to steal it just because someone is making a huge profit on it.
If you want something , you pay for it. If you can't afford it, then you find a way to exist without it. You take it without paying for it, you go to JAIL
2007-03-09 05:30:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The irony of the situation is over 20 years ago when people were making copies of cassette tapes, the RIAA wasn't bitching. Now that technology has caught up and spread to masses, they can't stop crying....the pirating of music has been here long before the Internet and sharing programs...i mean i remember when my friends made me copies of bon jovi and ac/dc tapes.....isn't that the same as file sharing today????
2007-03-09 06:23:56 · answer #2 · answered by fox mulder 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Im not sure what happened to your check, but my wife and I actually did get ours from the settlement. Anyway, stealing is stealing- just because the record companies stole from you does not mean its OK to steal back. People deserve to get paid for their work and property. And I think that the lawsuit do serve as a deterrant- if you know its going to hit you in the wallet that hard, you are less likely to do it.
2007-03-09 05:34:34 · answer #3 · answered by bmwdriver11 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The RIAA is using legally-sanctioned bullying to get what the want. Nothing new there. Industries have been doing that for centuries, whenever the law is on their side.
BTW, what war?
2007-03-09 05:37:45 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stealing music or anything else cannot be justified no matter how hateful and weasely the music industry is. Consumers who pay for their music are subsidizing those who steal theirs. I am all for prosecution.
2007-03-09 05:29:18 · answer #5 · answered by united9198 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Modern music is crap. Screw the RIAA; I don't believe in personal property so I sure has heck don't believe in 'intellectual' property. They should consider themselves lucky that people download that crap. You couldn't pay ME 3,000 to download it.
2007-03-09 05:29:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋