Just something that has been on my mind for a while....
I don't understand why so many people have a hard time grasping why filesharing should be banned.
It is after all quite simple , it is the property of another person , and you have no right to download , copy , give freely , trade , sell or otherwise distribute any part of this material without permission from the owner of the work.
This goes not only for music , this goes also for books , art , movies , software and anything else that is copyright protected.
What part of that is unclear??
Is it really necessary to have to try to appeal to your sense of moral? Do you feel the owners of copyrighted material owes you anything?
When you "buy" copyrighted material , you only buy the priviliege to have access to it. There is NO REAL ownership involved on your part as someone who "buys" the cd's of a band.
Even if a band or a label is "rich" , does it really justify stealing from them?
Even though many labels treats their artist badly , and they do take most of the money the cd sales produces , you have to remember they are still a necessary evil for the artists signed today. So when you think you're stealing from them , you are actually stealing from us because they calculate all copyright breeches as potential losses , the artists are the ones that in the long run suffer the consequences , i.e. the potential economic growth for the band lessens. Another consequense might be that this actually prolonges the need for a band to be involved with a label , and thus the current price for a cd will still be on the rise.
The people whom develop filesharing software , are actually undermining our right as owners to have control over our work.
WE as owners should be the ones to decide when and where and how we want to publish our own works. No one else.
So anyone using , or supporting filesharing tools , are more against us than for us. Even though one might claim to have become a fan through the filesharing tools and thus as a consequence "buys" our works.
But there is another issue that needs to be adressed:
Why are recording devices available to the general public??
Companies like Sony (just an example) are in a moral dilemma on this , because as a label they are against filesharing etc. , and as an audio-component developer/producer they only want to make money by serving the public gluttony.
Tyr
