Quote Originally Posted by tokinggreg
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.


right but if you make music, it shouldnt be for the money. they still sell enough albums to be comfortable. i am a guitarist and if somehow one day i was to make it big, i wouldnt need millions and millions of dollars, because i play guitar not for money, but to make music. now, of course if would be great if i could make a living just only by playing guitar, but as i said before, i would not need to be extremely rich
make it legal Reviewed by make it legal 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