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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
No one cries foul about every single music organization and school and program in the country buying one copy of a musical score and making endless photocopies for all the musicians.
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right. musicals scores drive the economy.
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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
putting a digital file on a torrent site is no different than leaving books in a public place and hoping someone grabs it and reads it. No one makes $$ off it, unless they repackage the file and sell it to those without computers. THAT is illegal as fuck
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1. when you leave a book in a public place you give up your book so another can have it
2. file sharers don't get money, but they get other files for which they would otherwise have to pay. so there is "money" made.
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it's always people on a salary who think this way-- that IP is nothing. their paycheck arrives every friday from the big boss or government or donor in the clouds and they don't have to worry about a thing. if they don't get paid accurately and on time they make a racket, bang on the table, go on strike, demand their worker's rights.
but shit, the poor fucker who stays up all night creating a product of mental activity gets ripped off from all sides and those consumers who get salaries ask "but why does he complain?"