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Would you steal from record stores if you wouldn't get caught?

People that think downloading music without the artists and/or record companies consent isn't stealing should give there head a shake.

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You're a huge noob. First, this analogy is retarded. Steal a CD and you're not only stealing the music, but the record company had to spend $0.50 or so to physically create the thing, and the record store probably spent $5 on it.

You're not stealing a physical product when you d/l.


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It doesn't matter whether you're stealing a physical product or not, you're still stealing. By your analogy skipping out on a cab fare would be okay?

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Secondly, yes, I believe artists should be compensated for their work.

What I don't believe is that there needs to be a huge infrastructure (record labels) to bring us music anymore.

Record companies are the ones making millions for an obsolete service.

The answer?

Create a better subscription service. iTunes is way too expensive.

The labels could have set something similar up, sat back and raked in the dough for years while cutting their production costs significantly, but they're a bunch of crusty dinosaurs that are holding on so tight they're going to choke themselves to death.

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I agree with this part of your post but that doesn't make stealing okay.

RT