adamslim;148980 Wrote: > What are you doing giving these people money? Far better to pirate > using Bittorrent - at least then your money doesn't go to profiteering > mafiosi! > > They pay no money to the artists. The fact that it may be legal in > Russia does not make it ethical anywhere. These guys are worse than > the touts at car boot sales - at least *they* are honestly dishonest! > > I hate the RIAA, BPI et al as much as anyone, and think that they are > using bonkers tactics. But that doesn't mean the artists don't need > money - especially when you are looking at small, niche stuff. > > Please be sensible - buy some CDs; music is good value - how many > hours' pleasure do you get from one good CD? If you must pirate, for > whatever reason, please don't do it in a way that remunerates the > dishonest.
Good post, adamslim! I fully agree with you on all counts. When I signed up at allofmp3.com, I didn't even know they were Russian and dubious. I've only spent $50 there and won't be spending any more. -- blackbear ------------------------------------------------------------------------ blackbear's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7015 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28858 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
