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Music: unauthorized downloads now 90% of market
Topic Started: Feb 2 2010, 10:17 PM (825 Views)
Larry
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
You're not getting stoned by me.

If you want the music, pay for it.
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Aqua Letifer
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ZOOOOOM!
kenny
Feb 3 2010, 10:46 AM
This is great.

I'm speaking up about obeying the law and getting stoned by Christians for it.
Clearly, the Catholic Church dropped the ball here, too. They have not properly taught that it's wrong to stone people with irrelevant points about file sharing or religion.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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brenda
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kenny
Feb 3 2010, 10:35 AM
Apparently people pick and choose what part of a religion they care to follow.
When something is tempting and the odds of getting caught are low they do the wrong thing - unless you have good character.
I see character as what you do when nobody is looking.

What do Christian parents here teach?
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Anyone else?

If you are Christian, Jewish or any other religion, what do/will you teach your kids about illegal music downloading?

Do you just turn a blind eye on this one?
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schindler
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I pay for everything.

Question - is it illegal/immoral to record movies shown on tv? Discuss. . .

Edit: I should add, for the sake of honesty, that I use to download (when I lived in Mexico) and have since stopped.
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We're all mad here!
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schindler
Feb 3 2010, 12:37 PM
I pay for everything.

Question - is it illegal/immoral to record movies shown on tv? Discuss. . .

Edit: I should add, for the sake of honesty, that I use to download (when I lived in Mexico) and have since stopped.
It could be illegal, and I'm sure that stronger cases could be built, depending on what you chose to do with the recording, but I don't consider it immoral, no.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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schindler
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What if you Tivo something and then lend it to a friend because he missed the show that evening? Isn't that comparable to lending a friend a mix cd?
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schindler
Feb 3 2010, 12:42 PM
What if you Tivo something and then lend it to a friend because he missed the show that evening? Isn't that comparable to lending a friend a mix cd?
Well, as an example, here are some things I see no problem with:

- buying a CD and then making copies available for free through a file sharing network
- downloading a CD for free from somebody else who bought it
- saving streaming media of any kind and giving it to other people

These days I start to draw the line if you start making a profit from that sort of thing, but from a moral standpoint I don't see anything wrong with the above.

From a legal standpoint, that's for the most part all kinds of not okay so I don't practice that kind of thing.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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Klaus
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HOLY CARP!!!
I think in some way it is irrelevant whether file sharing or copying of music is "illegal" or "immoral". The point is that it is possible, and people will continue to copy/share music, and there is almost nothing the industry or governments can do about it. This "war" has been lost already.

From a pragmatic musician's point of view it is more productive to think about other means of income, such as focusing on concerts rather than production of CDs. All other debates are merely academic and are not aligned to reality.
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kenny
Feb 3 2010, 10:35 AM
What do Christian parents here teach?
I've taught my kids it's only OK to steal Christian music. Thankfully, they've got better taste than to do that. And no, Bach doesn't count.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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