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Originally Posted by Noah Kleinberg
I think that what the recording industry doesn't understand is that many people use P2P services for their music because there isn't a good alternative. $20 dollars for a CD is ridiculous, and $1 a song isn't that much better. It also doesn't help that online music services put copy protection in the music. Once music is available at a reasonable price, without copy protection, and at higher quality than it's available for free, many people will stop using P2P networks for their music and start buying it.
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Even though I disapprove of the way the RIAA handles many issues, I still obey the law. I don't use P2P networks to pirate music or applications. In fact, I've never even installed a P2P client on any of my computers.
I think a lot of people miss the point in this. If you don't want to pay for something, and you take/download/smuggle/pirate/etc. it anyway, you are stealing - regardless of what it is. Simply put, if you do not like how overpriced music is, then don't buy (or illegally download) it! Go out and listen to Creative Commons licensed music, or music that is legally free to download.
As many said, this is capitalism. And the best way to make a statement in capitalism is not to steal things ilegally, but it is to simply to boycott the goods or services being offered.
If you want some good websites that offer free (for personal, non-broadcast use only) or Creative Commons-licensed music, try some of these:
http://www.ccmixter.org/
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/
http://www.ocremix.org/
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/