Jim Wrote: > allofmp3.com is quite a good site, and even if rumours of it being just > one big criminal enterprise were true I for one would rather be sending > money to the Russian mafia than to the RIAA. Really? Personally I'm not into supporting drug dealing, murder, extortion, forced prostitution, etc. I mean the RIAA aren't great, but they're not that bad.
> > If the record company cannot provide you with a easy, reasonably priced > method of getting just 1 track in lossless FLAC quality then you will > either have to purchase lossy DRM crap or break copyright law. > Or you could just not buy the music. I mean, does the fact that my local supermarket only sells eggs in 6 packs mean I have the right to steal as many eggs as I like? The label own the music - it's entirely up to them how they choose to sell it to you. It's entirely up to you to accept their terms or not. It is not your right to make up your own terms. I agree that they're being stupid and missing out on a great business opportunity, but it's their right to make that mistake. > > But breaking the law isn't necessarily going to make you go to hell, as > for instance you could be a Chinese citizen breaking the law by running > a free-speech website and would everyone on here frown at that? > Some laws are bad. Some are good. This isn't about the law (as has been pointed out, the likleyhood of getting caught is tiny) it's about doing the right thing. Your view of what that is is personal. I am involved in the creation of copyrighted works - it's what puts food on my table. Therefore, personally, I support the artists and their right to be paid for their work. The fact that they have decided that they want to be paid via CD sales from a major label is their business. I would prefer it if the artists I liked made all their music available for paid, non-DRM download (as many do) but it's their choice in the end. My choice is whether I buy the product or not. > > You can make yourself feel better by sending the artist the money > directly or donating to the artist's favourite charity. Either way, it > would be worth writing to the record company and artist explaining > (anonymously of course) why you felt there was no reasonable option > other than to do this. Now that's a good idea. Of course lots of people suggest this but I seriously doubt anyone's ever done it. -- radish _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
