Friday, October 5, 2007

Music 'piracy' Judgement

I don't like this at all

On the one hand I don't engage in the file sharing that RIAA is suing people for. I do not use Kazaa or Napster or any of the other zillions of similar sites. Having been friends to enough musicians in my time I understand that they deserve to be compensated for their work.

But on the other hand, I have a hard time determining how this is different from making a friend a mix tape back in the day. And in a sense music should be free. Because the reality is with the exception of the really big acts the music industry doesn't pay musicians very much. So I support bands and musicians doing this instead. Let the artists control their own work.

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