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Originally Posted by dissention
I'm just starting to wonder if you're a lawyer for the music industry. You wanted to see Amber prosecuted for "stealing" Say You Will a couple of months ago, dear.  |
I said she should be prosecuted - I think not
I just pointed out that she should have gone to the store and bought it like people are supposed to do and if she could not afford it, she should have done without it or something else for awhile until she could. People do that everyday. Her situation was a little different because someone gave it to her, but that is still receiving stolen goods in that the intent was not to buy another commercially available product
So, I stand by that even though people think it is cruel of me to assert that not everything in this world is free and that taking someone else's commercially available product is just wrong - period. I mean I am sure GM has made enough money, should I just go appropriate a car I cannot afford for myself? How about one of my rich neighbor's cars - I mean screw them, they have enough already and if not, they have enough money to go and buy another one. It is all the same to me. Also, I am using Amber as an example only because you brought her up AND I like Amber - we just disagree on this topic
Personally, I think the music industry should find a way to maket this and make money off of it. I think that if you counted all of the SYW downloads, the tally would be in the millions, which is WAY more than the record sold. But, they are slow to act and I think it will cost them because people in general do not care that they are stealing, esp. when no one is going to catch them and or doing anything about it other than, maybe, tell them to stop