[Question_Assumptions]

Ultimately, I just want to be able to compensate the parties involved in creating a recording for their time, effort, and expenses.

I do, however, think that copyright protection should be for a "limited time", as specificied in the Constitution. It shouldn't take your lifetime an a millenia to recovern reasonable compensation for your creative efforts.

I'm also not sure that every word written or ever uttered deserves copyright protection. I'm not saying it doesn't get silly. But I do think that musicians are essentially selling the fruits of their labor and they deserve some sort of compensation for their efforts.

[Principled]

Ultimately, I just want to be able to compensate the parties involved in creating a recording for their time, effort, and expenses.

Of course. We are fans. We like the bands. We want them to continue making music. We want to show our appreciaton. Why someone would think that a music fan wants to hurt the musicians is beyond me.