how much do you 'owe' the RIAA?

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Originally Posted by cbooty

Basically in India the British government tried to impose a salt tax and made it illegal to pick up naturally occurring salt. This gave a very abundant commodity (salt) a value that it would not normally have had and which could only be maintained with strongarm legal tactics.

My point is there's a parallel with digital distribution because there's $0 cost to produce additional units, just like there was no cost to produce salt. Ghandi simply picked up salt in an act of defiance and I think a lot of file sharers think they are doing the same thing.

Ahhhhh I see. I didn't read through it enough. Yea that makes sense. I was certainly pissed that if I want to listen to this band in 2009, I have to put pants on and go outside. I just hope soon all these artists will represent themselves and charge a fair price. Cutting out the middle man always saves money.