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jesus, i'm glad you've got the time to put into these arguments. I'm just sitting here nodding my head in complete agreement with everything you just said. Doesn't happen every time, but in this case I think you're dead on and being completely thorough and reasonable in your argument, despite the obvious distraction.
I've long believed that digital media, being that it costs so very very little to duplicate and distribute, should cost less than a physical product, but I've never taken it to the next level and concluded that something that has no value, or only an artificial value, cannot actually be stolen because it doesn't really belong to anyone.
Artists retain a copyright to their work which insures that no one will be able to make money off of their work and they will continue to earn obvious revenue through concerts and advertising and merchandise, but the digital copies of their music should only further market themselves to the world and therefor increase revenue through other means, but charging for something that is free to duplicate and distribute is ridiculous.
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KATG quote of the day: "Keith and his girlfriend discuss life. Sample dialog: "You were just quiet cuz you were so mad that all that alcohol was gone. They claim to dislike Dawn & Drew."" Register Guard Newspaper quoted in episode 4/28/05 (Yeah, I'm starting back at the beginning)
Last edited by j2x; 06-23-2009 at 02:58 PM.
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