[Revolting cat!]

Easy. Easy, because it is oh so easy to condemn your Fellow FReepers and millions of others to hell. How easy, isn't it?! But, guess what? There is already a crowd occupying that vast moral high ground.

I don't have the answers either, but what do you think of this? Someone just gave me a CD by a long dead bluesman. From what I can tell they paid close to the $18.00 list (the fools!) price. Who gets the money? What was the cost of producing, releasing and shipping the CD to a record store? (Costs of marketing a 1940s bluesman? You've got to be kidding!) And finally, is stealing from thieves morally, ethically OK? We know what the religious authorities would say. What would the philosophers say? Who's stealing?

Somehow, for better or worse, because no physical tangible property is involved, these pirate millions don't believe they are stealing. And many think that buying a reproduction of this "art" shouldn't be any different or priced any differently than buying a postcard reproduction of Mona Lisa. Instead it's more like buying a framed poster size reproduction of the painting. Are they wrong? I dunno. Just some things to consider.

[Lower55]

If they don't want us to hear it, don't put it on the radio. If they give it to me in my home or car, it's mine to copy. I may want to hear it again on my terms, at the time I decide.

[Lower55]

Just think of all the "One Hit Wonders". These people have around nine other songs on an album that were forced onto buyers and they turned out to be garbage. Seems like 90% of the money was stolen by these "One Hit Wonders".

[tdadams]

it is oh so easy to condemn your Fellow FReepers and millions of others to hell.

I didn't realize I'd done this, nor did I realize I even had the power to condemn millions to hell. Who knew?

is stealing from thieves morally, ethically OK?

Who are you calling thieves, the record companies? Last I checked the free market system we embrace in this country allows a business to charge what a willing buyer will pay. You think they charge too much, fine, don't buy their product, but don't try to justify stealing it. That's thug thinking. Or maybe we should just regulate the price of CDs. I know how much Freepers just love more government regulation.