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Originally posted by wry1
It's a morass of pro's and con's. I for one refuse to wholeheartedly support the RIAA. They have their rights (bought and paid for, I assure you!) and so do those they would persecute - people who either cannot afford to shell out Money for Nothing or people who are tired of the pablum packaged around a decent song or two.
Would it make it any better if people just refused to buy any CDs? Bankruptcy is not an attractive alternative - if any of you RIAA Nazis are reading this......
......Think about it.
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First off, the word you're looking for is prosecute. As in, "The people are being prosecuted because they broke the law."
The people who can't afford music do have their rights. But those rights don't include the right to music, any more than someone who cannot afford a ticket to the movies has a right to see Bad Boys 2 or someone who cannot afford a ferrarri has a right to own one of them either.
Yeah, if people voted with their wallets and stopped buying CDs, it would make a difference. Maybe then the RIAA would start up something like iTunes then, and I'd love to see it. But as long as people are illegally sharing music, it seems to me that the RIAA has a pretty secure stream of income through the courts.
And just for the record, I am a college kid who can't afford to fork out $20 for a CD. Even the good ones. So I listen to the radio or listen to the few CDs I do own. Sure, it's not as good as being able to listen to what I want, when I want, but then again, my $100 suit isn't as nice as a $1000 Armani. I have to live with what I can afford.