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Originally Posted by Cretaceous Bob
Also, explain to me how downloading something the artist wants you to pay for is not violating artist intent, you fucking idiot.
They intend to give you their art ONLY IF YOU PAY FOR IT. If they did not, they would give you the art for free.
Since that is the case, you are violating artist intent by pirating.
You've defeated yourself with your own system.
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i've already covered this. legally i'm not stealing because i'm downloading music in canada. which is legal, and not theft.
morally i've also covered this, when an artist releases a song on the radio they accept people will make copies as they're listening and that some of them will be satisfied with the copies. pretty much any stereo can record live radio to cassette, and most radio listening software can record it to your hard drive or phone or whatever.
when an artist releases their music on cd, they too have to accept that some people will make recordings and be satisfied with the recordings.
within my model i've also covered this, no one owns the art, and the artist's intent is to be commissioned to create their art and be supported by those who enjoy their art, either an entity or democratically via donations, merchandise, live concerts, live appearances, etc. largely the same way artist's make their money now, just minus profiting directly off digital copies.