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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
Im afraid Im with you on this one.Im a leech and I dont care what the moralists say.I have asked this question before and im yet to be answered ,how many can truely say they have nothing pirated or in breech of copyright,not a single illegal mp3 or dvd not a single cd,anyone ever borrowed a dvd off a friend and watched it? this in itself is breech of copyright I would wager that very few people indeed are 100% clean very few if any  |
The problem with the leeching arguments is that people like to wear it like a badge of honour. The same behavior is exhibited in West Coast gangs, where they take a slice out of their eyebrows for each person they have killed - different end of the scale...but same basic level to show-off to others they they have broken the rules.
However, I don't think the issue on discussion is whether you're a leech or not - that's a subject for another thread.
The question is whether you'd pay someone to leech. And is this worse than leeching for free? Personally, and for the reasons given, I think it is. A comparison could be drawn that it is worse to buy a pirated DVD from a bloke at a carboot sale than it is to borrow it from your mate and copy it.
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Originally Posted by eddie00001
Would be good to see a situation soon why the artists etc can by-pass the record companies and sell their music straight to the public. I can see that as a situation where the artists and the public gain. Cheaper music to us, and more money to the artists - and bugger all to the labels, which seems fair to me.
I think some of the larger artists could be in a situation where they could easily make this a reality
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Yes, and for some it's already a reality and that's great. However, having worked with the music industry for many years, and met many of the artists - I can honestly say that 95% of them wouldn't have a clue what to do with regards to makerting, distribution, promotion, arranging tours and dealing with the processing of royalties.
Those that can...great. Those that can't...need record companies.