Quote Originally Posted by Hollandica
If you download music the computer you "steal" it from is still able to listen the music himself too, if I was to steal somebody's banana only I would have the banana and not him (or her)
True, but that was not what I was referring to exactly. You are stealing from those who produced the album, from the artist, etc. They are losing profits because of your actions so it is legitimately stealing. So there IS a loss.
tokinggreg Reviewed by tokinggreg on . Stealing I was talking with a friend about this the other day. We concluded that in general, stealing was wrong, yet for some reason, downloading music seems to be in its own category. What is the distinction between downloading music and actually physically picking up an object from a store and nabbing it? Most people reply with the argument that music has just become too expensive these days. CDs cost next to nothing to reproduce once they are made (this is true), so that the record companies Rating: 5