Originally Posted by Chrysalis

whos stealing what?

we back to using wrong words again?

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The point is you was using a point which probably has little affect on how well they do. Torrents and the like probably help the small artists as its free publicity and distribution which in turn will help them fill up tour events.

Some new bands who have decided to remove the publishers from the loop actually give away their music and live of donations and tour events.

One of the big rappers from the USA even said to the media he doesnt care about piracy it spreads his music.

In my view its wrong by law (to share) but I dont see a major moral issue with it. A far bigger moral issue is how the record industry go about their business.

What is evident tho is those defending the record industry have to resort to use words like "stealing" theft" which arent applicable and then pretend its the artists been affected when its actually not. Then the RIAA start claiming every download is a lost sale, the whole thing has no credibility. The fact is piracy has always existed, its part of the business, and it will never go away, cant deal with it? then leave the business, its life. It isn tsomething that was born with the internet, I used to pirate the entire top 40 every week in the 80s. Remember these are the same guys that said the VHS recorder would kill the tv/movie industry.