Downloading Music

[babolaypo65]

Originally posted by anna_66
And no, I don't think it's stealing. If it is made available for free, then it's not stealing.

Devil's advocate again. Let's say I go in to Walmart, look at toaster ovens, but I'm bummed because they cost so much.

I then go outside and there's a guy there with a truckload of clearly stolen, still in the box toaster ovens. He offers me one. Is it a crime to take it? YES. it's called receiving stolen goods.

just because it's free on the internet doesn't make it legal. You can get kiddie porn on the net for free.

Someone else mentioned it, and I'd like to follow up. Is this a crime. YES. is it a horrible crime? not in the big scheme of things but it IS illegal.
Do I really care if you steal music? nah, not really. But I'm impressed and apalled at the lengths some of you will go to to rationalize breaking the law. To make it seem alright, heck to make it seem that it's not illegal.

I also marvel that some of you were very quick to jump on..who... tikeya's mom I think, when she didn't cite stuff off the internet on her own webpage. Can you not see the irony in that?

Again, I don't really care if you're doing it, I'm not judging you negatively for downloading (not that my opinion matters to any of you), but I am shocked at the degrees to which you'll go defending the breaking of laws.

I don't like that the speed limit on Coal ave. is 30. Sometimes I go 35mph, but I know I'm speeding, I know I'm breaking the law, and heck I even know it can be dangerous. I wont tell you it's a dumb law, and an arbitrary law, and I wont tell you that speeding isnt *really* breaking the law. That gosh, they wouldn't make the road so smooth and cars so powerful if they didnt want you to go faster. they wouldnt have the lights timed so you could go either 30 or 35 or 40 without missing a light....

The ability to rationalize is important, rationalizations are important. But it's imperative that we are aware we are doing it.