 jhudson2Copyright Martyr
join:2000-11-07
San Marcos, CA | reply to JustInit
Re: I will ALWAYS rip you off Mr. Michael Greene said by JustInit:
I also agree that stealing is stealing is stealing.
It really isn't quite as simple as that, is it? The RIAA has defined "stealing" quite broadly and, not surprisingly, defined the term in their favor. I don't accept their definition because it's not in MY favor. Who has the moral high ground?
As for your assertion that there are other places to get music published aside from record company dominated ones I would suggest that if that were true the bands themselves would keep the $18 or so profit on each CD and use these venues. They do benefit by being on a major label ONLY because the market is rigged by those same labels the bands "voluntarily" signed with.
Clearly there are "other ways to change the system" but why bother? The system has already changed by pure capitalistic means and the record companies lost. Who has a problem with that, except the record companies? |
