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Originally Posted by Adult Lounge - Brad
So just to clarify...all those people who are all for the RIAA suing people like this have never downloaded anything of peer to peer networks? Stop being a hypocrite.
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I don't download music... so I am not being hypocritical. I don't download anything. If I want it, I buy it. I expect others to do the same.
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I'm not afraid admit that I download songs. But I also go to the record store on a weekly basis. I probably have around 500 albums on either cd or record, I go to shows and I'd probably buy a tshirt too if it wasn't a raping ($40-50 for a tshirt, give me a break they are poor quality and probably only worth $20).
This is a tough issue for me because I love music and I try to support it as much as I can (I think buying 5-10 albums a month is pretty fucking good) but there are still loads of albums that I want from artists that either don't have their product in the record stores here (Toronto), or I just don't have the money to buy it.
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Supporting the industry is great... rationalizing that you buy enough, so at some point you are OK with getting it for free is not. Would you use the same rationale at your local grocery store? Hey.. I buy $800 in groceries from you each month.. it's not that big of a deal that I get some for free every now and then. Theft is theft.. plain and simple.
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Downloading is obviously a problem, but suing your customers is really unnecessary in my opinion. They are victimizing their own customers. Somehow I don't think that these suits are going to stop downloaders or uploaders all that much since the percentage they go after is so so so low when you look at the population in the US. They need to figure out how to survive and be profitable in this new age otherwise they are going to loose their customer base and go out of business anyways.
I would argue (and win) that Clear Channel has hurt the music industry far more than p2p networks ever will.
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People have a right to protect their product. Just because it is mainstream and everyone knows about it (in the case of music) does not mean that RIAA or ClearChannel or others must adapt to the thievery market. They have a right to sell their product to legitimate users and to control the distribution. Why create a product otherwise?
You are wrong in that p2p or torrents don't really hurt the industry. Of course they do. These are all users that are potential purchasers which are now getting the product at no cost. Unless that usage is checked and stopped.. it will continue to increase, thereby decreasing legitimate purchasers. Everyone gets hurt except for the leeching users who say.. what's the big deal???? it's just one song.