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To: Jhoffa_
People have been saying this for years.. Over and over: "If you don't stop stealing software and music, they are going to come down on EVERYONE like a ton of bricks

The problems with that are simple: I am not my brother's keeper, and zero tollerance via the court is something that western society has to have zero tollerance for. The entire downloading issue would have been far less of a problem if the record industry wouldn't have engaged in price-fixing (which the industry recently had to settle a lawsuit for) and clinging to a business model that technology is turning to dust. If you screw over your customers by using a monopoly on distribution, there is going to be a backlash by those customers. The industry helped turn a minor, underground illicit activity into something like Napster becasue the industry broke the law and abused their customers. I don't feel any more sorry for the RIAA than you do for the downloaders. Maybe if enough services like the one Apple is offering spring up, the market will re-balance itself, but not with the jack-booted tactics the RIAA is using.

78 posted on 06/25/2003 8:00:08 PM PDT by Orangedog (Soccer-Moms are the biggest threat to your freedoms and the republic !)
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To: Orangedog

No one is asking you to be.. They just don't want YOU to steal..

They will deal with your brother later.

I am "western society" and I don't have a problem with it.

And all that stuff about their business model is beside the point. If you don't approve, then don't buy their product.

It's called "voting with your feet" and I do it all the time.

But you had better not steal it either, cause they will get you if you do..

88 posted on 06/25/2003 8:11:17 PM PDT by Jhoffa_ (Hey you kids, get off my lawn!)
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To: Orangedog
bump!
174 posted on 06/25/2003 9:33:59 PM PDT by Calpernia (Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.)
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