how much do you 'owe' the RIAA?

[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.

[Cretaceous Bob]

Originally Posted by yoav

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..

Their intent is that you pay for it. They do not intend for you to acquire copies of it.

An artist's intent does not have to include people copying their work.

Artists don't intend for you to make copies through radio use either, they intend for you to simply listen to it once.

If artists intended to give you their work for free, they would. They do not.