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I think if I were a musician, I would be pretty happy that anybody were listening to my music at all. I am not (I've owned some, and I felt a little protectiveness of them, but at the same time, exposure was everything, so, I told them to buy an album or go to a concert, eventually), and other musicians have a different take on this. Though I think if record companies didn't charge $20 a CD, people wouldn't see a need to download illegally. And the companies don't really need to, they just do it so they can live a little more luxuriously.
What I hate, and have less leniancy with is the illegal downloading of movies. Though I've watched some online myself and allowed the downloading of one once (to be fair, it was Jackass, I'm not sure what kind of "budget" they had that I was exactly robbing). But people don't understand, the actors, the major ones, they get paid residuals, but most of their money from the movie is prior to the film's release...however a good sum of everyone else's paycheck comes from ticket sales. And there are so
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The second you release something it is free.iaaphotoMay 15 2008, 03:03:16 UTC
People who think that they will be able to have full control over their creative content after they release it are naive.
I am an artist and the first time an image was used without my express permission was when I was 13. I was upset then, but I've learned a lot since. I now give express permission for people to use and share anything I create for non-commercial purposes.
Stealing means you take something and someone else doesn't have it anymore.
The use of the word "steal" in relation to file sharing is a propagandistic usage encouraged by areas with purely financial interest in the files.
Limewire charges a fee. Part of that money goes to the musicians. If I download music from Limewire and like it, I go out and purchase the entire CD. I like limewire.
Are you really confused on this point? You obviously feel it's wrong. But of course you still want the music. And I can't blame you for wanting it. Different artists feel differently about it. Some (like Metallica for example) are willing to sue over it. So yes the behavior is likely to offend someone. I won't offend everyone though. Usually artists, if they want to give away free downloads of their music they will. You just have to find it. This site has a fair amount of free mp3s, but they were all put up by the artists. http://music.download.com/
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What I hate, and have less leniancy with is the illegal downloading of movies. Though I've watched some online myself and allowed the downloading of one once (to be fair, it was Jackass, I'm not sure what kind of "budget" they had that I was exactly robbing). But people don't understand, the actors, the major ones, they get paid residuals, but most of their money from the movie is prior to the film's release...however a good sum of everyone else's paycheck comes from ticket sales. And there are so ( ... )
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I am an artist and the first time an image was used without my express permission was when I was 13. I was upset then, but I've learned a lot since. I now give express permission for people to use and share anything I create for non-commercial purposes.
Stealing means you take something and someone else doesn't have it anymore.
The use of the word "steal" in relation to file sharing is a propagandistic usage encouraged by areas with purely financial interest in the files.
watch Good Copy Bad Copy
http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/
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People steal my art all the time. It's ok.
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Two points:
1. The idea of property right is much younger than that of consumption.
2. Folks only seem to regulate the most convenient crimes (outside of having one's bowels ripped out, which is self-evident).
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But of course you still want the music. And I can't blame you for wanting it.
Different artists feel differently about it. Some (like Metallica for example) are willing to sue over it.
So yes the behavior is likely to offend someone. I won't offend everyone though.
Usually artists, if they want to give away free downloads of their music they will. You just have to find it.
This site has a fair amount of free mp3s, but they were all put up by the artists. http://music.download.com/
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