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Re: CD SALES DECLINING?
there was a quote from an old folkie like woody guthrie, something like:
"if you steal my horse i can't ride but if you steal my song i can
still sing it."
On Jan 10, 2006, at 11:25 AM, mech wrote:
> I can't stand the analogy record companies use to compare file
> sharing to, say, shoplifting -- most of all, because it's faulty.
> Outright stealing not only transfers goods to the thief that they
> did not otherwise have, but also *it removes the item from the
> marketplace and any hope of future purchase*. This metaphor would
> only be true if you downloaded the file, then erased it from the
> server on your way out the door.
>
> Digital files, it theory, can be copied an infinite number of
> times. So, I usually use the analogy that illegal file sharing is
> like copying somebody else's homework. Yes, you're getting
> something you didn't "pay for", but you're not depriving the
> original copy from the ability to fulfill its primary function.