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Originally Posted by MagicumMusica
So who really is to blame overall? us for downloading the media....or the stores for making it more accetable bu supplying equipment that enables to store more and download more..Faster and to burn stuff for our own pleasure & Others??????
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That's guilt by association, which doesn't really work here.
Blaming this on retail chains that sell equipment which facilitates illegal downloading is much like placing the blame for the 9/11 attacks on Boeing. Just because something can be used for an illegal purpose doesn't make the thing itself illegal. Blaming companies who sell computer equipment is simply asinine.
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Originally Posted by DarkLink2135
The RIAA is an illegal price fixing cartel that shouldn't even exist under US law. They use intimidation and other scare tactics to settle out of court where they know they wouldn't win because they gather info on downloaders by illegal means, and most often they turn out to be people who HAVEN'T done anything. Do I feel guilty about stealing money from them? I think I'd feel guilty if I started letting them steal MY money.
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From what I can understand, they go right to the realm of extortion. That is, they often don't even provide proof that someone has downloaded something illegally. All they need to do is pronounce someone as an untouchable illegal downloader to leave that victim in the position of needing to pay for expensive settlement or needing to pay expensive legal fees (while losing the battle anyway).
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Originally Posted by soniclover
The only time I don't feel okay about people downloading and sharing music is when it's a rare soundtrack that nobody can just go and buy. When there actually isn't an option to buy it anymore.
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Then how is one supposed to obtain the album legally?
If an album can't even be bought anymore, downloading isn't so much of an issue, as, again, there is no way to legally obtain the album.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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