I think, Durbster, we're in agreement on the bigger picture but not the details. Fundamentally I make my stand on the basis that
When committing a crime there is the possibility of serving the punishment.
As somebody who was shelling out £60 a month for music and spending a day each month taking protection off so I could use it, I consider my move away from legitimate distribution channels for music to be a position that was forced by behaviour that I regard as criminal, consequently my stand now is in effect the punishment of that.
The failure to adapt to new technology and instead try to fight social progress by both the music and film industry has set creative expression of our society 10 years further behind say, the software sector for one. That is a huge injustice when you think about it.
I therefor feel no remourse for having moved away from legitimate music distribution channels that I was previously investing heavily in. I still do purchase some legitimate music, but i'm spending around £10 a month now, for artists I really want to support and own the real maccoy of, and who have not signed up to major labels.
I recently purchased "ERIK - A Road Less Travelled", an album by a Canadian artist I first heard on a pirate radio stream. Hosted, incidentally, by Erik himself.
There is more than 1 way to skin a cat, from merchandise to value added extras in legitimate purchases, though really I think the whole concept of creative expression via music has moved to the live arena already - and that is a consequence of failing to harness new technology by the industry, not of having their hand forced by piracy.
The definition of what is illegal or legal is purely whether something falls inside or outside of the rules set out by the current major don, the legal framework of any country is nothing more than a formal and publicly acceptable form of mafia, my morals fall loosely inline with some of it, but not all - I do for example believe in consequence.
When committing a crime there is the possibility of serving the punishment.
As somebody who was shelling out £60 a month for music and spending a day each month taking protection off so I could use it, I consider my move away from legitimate distribution channels for music to be a position that was forced by behaviour that I regard as criminal, consequently my stand now is in effect the punishment of that.
The failure to adapt to new technology and instead try to fight social progress by both the music and film industry has set creative expression of our society 10 years further behind say, the software sector for one. That is a huge injustice when you think about it.
I therefor feel no remourse for having moved away from legitimate music distribution channels that I was previously investing heavily in. I still do purchase some legitimate music, but i'm spending around £10 a month now, for artists I really want to support and own the real maccoy of, and who have not signed up to major labels.
I recently purchased "ERIK - A Road Less Travelled", an album by a Canadian artist I first heard on a pirate radio stream. Hosted, incidentally, by Erik himself.
There is more than 1 way to skin a cat, from merchandise to value added extras in legitimate purchases, though really I think the whole concept of creative expression via music has moved to the live arena already - and that is a consequence of failing to harness new technology by the industry, not of having their hand forced by piracy.
The definition of what is illegal or legal is purely whether something falls inside or outside of the rules set out by the current major don, the legal framework of any country is nothing more than a formal and publicly acceptable form of mafia, my morals fall loosely inline with some of it, but not all - I do for example believe in consequence.
