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by Someguy on July 15th, 2008
If you lent it, did you ever get it back? Did you lend the original? Or did you give them a copy? Giving a copy is not lending the original.
You purchased one copy of the song. YOU can make other copies for your personal use (make a mix CD for your car, put a copy on your computer to listen there).
If the person or company that owns the rights to the music gives you permission to post the music on the net for free then post away, but until that happens you are preventing them from making a profit (read: stealing).
I don't see how this is a gray area.
by arachide on July 15th, 2008
When you borrowed music, someone had purchased it and it was shared between only a few people. Now, millions of people can share off one purchase...so that means the artist or record label get nothing. This means less record label support for new artists...as it costs a lot of money / time to promote new artists.
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You're reading As a teen I borrowed records(Music) from others and they lent to me as well,thus shared music.There was never a user problem when it came to legality.What is the big deal of free music on the internet,and why have the rules ,all of a sudden changed?
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I would lend LP's,45's and would always get them back,though sometimes it would be months.Anyway once I lent them the music I was already tired of it.I think the music industry has gotten far too greedy.I do not find it unethical to get free music off Limewire or other services,for in one way it promotes the artist ,for more hear their music.
by jin jang on July 15th, 2008
Your focus is "greedy". It's not about greed or making money. It's about stealing someone else's work. This is, for lack of a better word, a stupid argument. Since you think someone has "enough" then they are greedy. Your argument has nothing to do with music or rules that have changed. It is all about "them" having "more".
On the greed factor, isn't it greedy to take something that isn't yours? Should you accept music that you haven't or don't want to pay for. Doesn't doing that make you greedy? Since you're unwilling to pay for it?
by Someguy on July 15th, 2008
All I am saying is that I used to be able to borrow music without worrying on why I borrowed it,at one time.What has changed? I do NOT resent the musicians their success.
by jin jang on July 15th, 2008
Used to you had to give the original away. Sharing the LP is different. You don't have to do that now. The music files allow it.
Sales of music and CDs are down, that is clear. It's not that people are listening to less music, but that people are stealing music.
Do you support the musicians AND the industry that has developed around it to support the musicians? Clearly, if you support Limewire and such you don't care that the musician did not directly profit from their intellectual property. You have to stop using the term "greedy" because that implies a limit is in place for profits. It implies that the artists should be rewarded up to a point for their talent and then that reward should stop.
And please don't tell me that you give or post the MP3 file and then hard delete your copy. No one will believe that.
by Someguy on July 15th, 2008
I am a musician that has not achieved success.I play many instruments,some better than others.If people listen to my music for free I am not offended,nor blame them for my unfulfilled endevours.If they get joy out of my music I have accomplished something.I truly believe that musicians get the joy out of playing and like the lifestyles they lead.
by jin jang on July 15th, 2008
But you have to acknowledge that, no matter your concerns or attitudes towards music sharing, when someone "lends" your music you lose money. You can have the attitude all you want, but the distributors who may eventually sell your music will not be as altruistic. Unless you want every artist to sell music out of their trunks, you have to support banning music sharing.
by Someguy on July 15th, 2008