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Originally posted by pause4thought
reply to post by mnmcandiez
If people aren't trying to make money off my work then what are they stealing exactly?
Your income.
Sorry if this doesn't agree with the popular bandwagon - but I reckon creative people deserve to be recompensed for their labour as much as anyone else.
It's not uncommon for websites to request a donation for downloads / information. Should artists be reduced to this?
Originally posted by RainbeauBleu
For those who feel that downloading of music (to listen to on your mp3 player) is stealing....
Do you think the libraries are complicit in allowing people to steal by not buying the books they read?
Originally posted by AutOmatIc
Originally posted by RainbeauBleu
For those who feel that downloading of music (to listen to on your mp3 player) is stealing....
Do you think the libraries are complicit in allowing people to steal by not buying the books they read?
Read the entire thread and this just jumped out at me for some reason.
Sure you can get a book, movie, or music on loan from the library, but if you don't return it they can charge you for it. Basically forcing you to buy said book, movie, or music etc.
So would a type of netflixish lending system for digital music be a bad idea? Say you "rent" a song or cd for a time period, and if you choose to keep it you pay full price for it, otherwise it sort of self destructs, or erases itself. Been mulling over this concept for a minute...thoughts?