Originally posted by Rio and Me
Exactly Tikeyasmom they make its so easy, its on a plate for people to take!
ok so its stealing from artist who "dont" make alot of money, but they DO make alot more money than i and some others who burn CD's!
its not doing any harm really!
Ky and rio
How do you know it isn't doing any harm? Are there not folks whose job it is to mix the cd, the sound engineers, the producers, directors.... someone to press the CD, to package it, to market it? You take from all of their incomes. The artist earns less than he would if you hadnt stolen his music, the fellow in Tower records earns less money than he would had you bought the music. The mom and pop store earns less money.

I don't mean to be rude but I find the argument that it's easy, therefore excuseable, to be laughable.
If someone leaves a briefcase on their front step for a moment it would be so easy for me to take it. I could do it in 5 seconds, and aren't they really asking for it, after all, being so irresponsible??