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Kazaa...stealing?

onionring

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I don't think music should be bought and sold. Or stories or words... I mean, come on! They don't even really exist in the material sense. All they are is a collection of thoughts/concepts. And what you are saying is, "If you want my thought/concept, you have to pay me."

Why? Because in the 10K+ years history of man you were the first to arrange that collection of thought? Please.

If the law says..."You can't share music (thoughts) with your friends." Then that's the law...and we are all dumber for it.
 
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vibrant

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SAPguy said:
The more software and music that gets ripped off, the more they will jack up prices to try and deal with the piracy issue. Then people will complain that prices are going up and steal more. See a problem here?

At least with music, one of the large record labels just announced price cuts at retail on ALL their cds. That should help get the prices down a little.
actually it seems to be the opposite, and your post proved it. people are stealing because the prices are too high, and quality too low. aware that they're losing money, companies are addressing the concerns. ex. lowering the price.

this method has been tried where i live. the official bookstore for my university used to charge an excessive amount for textbooks. the students opened their own bookstore, lowered the prices, and so to compete, the official bookstore backed down. now, prices are generally tolerable.
 
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