07-21-2009, 11:41 AM
Taha wrote: Just a random thought: When you worry about ripping someone off by copying a CD, did you take money from their big flash car payment, or from the wad of bills they handed over to their drug dealer..?
Taha,
That's a stereotype. So much music is copied and re-sold from artists in all walks of life. You can't apply one stereotype to the entire gamut of entertainers. No doubt there are levels of "theft"...if you will. What matters in terms of STO / STS is the intent. If someone is not aware of that division, then come what may.
But if any of us...being fully aware of STO / STS....intentionally DL's copies of someone's music? If we analyze our actions honestly? How can you come to the conclusion that its harmless with regards to STO?
But hey...since only 51% is needed? Maybe we figure we've got enough pad in other areas of our lives to indulge in a little relatively harmless STS behavior? Play the odds?
For myself, my mind doesn't work that way. Perhaps its different for others.
Richard
Taha,
That's a stereotype. So much music is copied and re-sold from artists in all walks of life. You can't apply one stereotype to the entire gamut of entertainers. No doubt there are levels of "theft"...if you will. What matters in terms of STO / STS is the intent. If someone is not aware of that division, then come what may.
But if any of us...being fully aware of STO / STS....intentionally DL's copies of someone's music? If we analyze our actions honestly? How can you come to the conclusion that its harmless with regards to STO?
But hey...since only 51% is needed? Maybe we figure we've got enough pad in other areas of our lives to indulge in a little relatively harmless STS behavior? Play the odds?
For myself, my mind doesn't work that way. Perhaps its different for others.
Richard