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Originally Posted by pan6467
It's easy to blame the record execs and they are partially to blame but the artists who command millions of dollars are too.
However, just because you don't like the prices and the industry, doesn't give one the right to illegally download and copy that music. There are artists out there that need the money from their royalties and have every right to them.
Piracy doesn't just hurt the industry or the rich artist it also hurts the backing musicians, the film crews the supporting crews that also make a few pennies on every sale as part of being paid for their work.
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The point is that I reject the commodification of human relations into relations of exploitation.
The noise a person makes when they sing or play should be free - not a commodity to be packaged, sold, and to sue people if they dare to try listen to it without paying the sufficient dues to the capitalist machine.
To sing is an act of rebellion agaisnt the RIAA.
How soon before they demand royalties for singing "their" songs?