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Is my 'file sharing' ethical?
I've been buying music for over 30 years. Yes, I know I am old compared to most members here. I still value your opinions. Back in my college days I bought a lot of phonograph albums. When CDs arrived I grudgingly bought some music I already had because the quality was much better to me. (Let's not get started on the whole LP vs. CD argument here, that's not what this is about.) In purchasing those CDs I was paying the artist and RIAA double royalties on the music. I didn't buy a whole lot of them because it pissed me off that I had to pay twice. With the advent of Napster, et. al. I can now download almost everything I have on LP and listen to it in digital quality.
Is this wrong? I've already paid for the music. I just want to upgrade it to digital. If I purchase a computer software program and a newer, better version comes out most manufacturers offer and upgrade price. Since the recording industry has never seen fit to offer upgrade pricing and wants to gouge me full price for a different type of media I don't feel particularly guilty about getting a digital version free.
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IS THAT IT ???!!!
Do you even know what 'it' is?
When the last man dies for just words that he said... We Shall Be Free
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