said by Jason Levine:I won't argue that piracy can never be completely eliminated. Anyone who thinks so is just dreaming. However, I don't think that claiming that music should be free" justifies piracy. Neither does "their prices are too high" or "I hate that DRM."
If the price is too high, then your choice is clear: Do without the music. If you want the music that badly, then pay the money for it. (Or find a used CD for less.) But people shouldn't try to claim that their piracy is some form of protest against high music prices.
The same goes for DRM-enabled music. If you don't like that the music comes with DRM, avoid that vendor. Buy from a DRM-less vendor, buy the original CD, or just do without the music.
The most effective way of protesting the RIAA's tactics would be to stop buying new music from member labels. Get your music via used CDs and/or from Indie artists.
Personally, I buy most of my music from AmieStreet.com. I do buy the occasional album from RIAA member labels, but most of the time these purchases take the form of used CD purchases. (And most of those are children's songs for my kids.)
If anything, my music purchases have gone up since I've discovered the Indie artists and the variety of artists I buy from has gone up as well. I've bought songs from artists that I would have likely just walked by had their albums been sitting on the shelf in my local CD shop.
piracy exist because people want to share things that others want for free... cost the user nothing and cost the freebies nothing. ain't that the beauty of it?
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