From: Elad Efrat (elad_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Tue 24 May 2005 - 19:47:24 IDT
Shlomi Fish wrote:
> http://www.advogato.org/article/841.html
In your article, you write the following:
"Neither I, nor my sisters or fathers feel an ounce of guilt about
having downloading these songs without buying them afterward. While I
highly approve of Online Music Buying services like iTunes[1], P2P
networks should co-exist with them free and undisturbed. The next
generation of musicians won't think twice before putting all their songs
online for free download. As an artist, I can testify that making a
living out of one's creations plays a very marginal in one's artistic
activities. The main motivation is creating something new and getting
everybody possible to experience it, and comment on it."
This is *stealing*. You are not to decide what you need to
pay for, and your ideology is not that of the one who made
the music, nor the circle of people who helped him put it
into a CD.
How about you mail Metallica telling them about your feelings?
I'm sure they'll care.
Unfortunately, the situation *now* is that the ones who own the
rights to the distribution of music are the record labels. You
need to understand that simple fact and not try to change the
world the way you see fit.
If you truly believe that you can steal someone else's work
just because that's how *you* think things need to be, then you
are not too different than the people who block our roads in
the morning protesting; nor the even more extreme kinds.
You can try to convince the record labels, artists, courts,
and practically anyone you feel like -- but until they change
their minds, you have to abide the law. That's how things work,
and it's sad that you still don't understand that.
-e.
-- Elad Efrat PGP Key ID: 0x666EB914
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