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"Pastor Marc" </lihbuvyrfh8tyihunijmo> wrote:
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> I used to download from Kazaa and Napster, but I became convinced after a
> while that it was wrong for me to do it because the artists worked hard to
> make those works of art and they deserve to be paid for their work.
> Especially if I have been blessed by it. For a long time, I tried to justify
> my thievery byu telling myself that I had owned all of the downloaded tuens
> legitimately at one time or another and I was just reclaiming what I had
> alreayd paid for in another format.
Had you actually already paid for the songs in another format?
> But I had no peace of mind about it. I attribute that to the Spirit of God
> dealing with my inner person. Even so, it wasnt an easy decision for me to
> destroy those burned cds because I must have had 300 cds worth of burned
> music. But I decided that it was better to do what God wanted me to do than
> to hold on to something that really wasnt mine.
Do you actually believe that someone can own music?
Interesting...
> So to make a long story short, I trashed the 300 cds and now I download from
> walmart.com or just rip my own cds to my Nomad.
You do of course realize they don't really want you to copy your
own CDs don't you?
> I have a sizeable cd collection of my own and saw it as wrong for me to take
> without paying when I could afford to pay for it.
I see... Would it have been more acceptable if you could *NOT*
afford to pay?
> Having said all of this, I am not telling anyone else what to do. This is my
> personal journey of my own thoughts on file sharing. I know that there are
> good people on both sides of the issue. But this is my story and I'm
> sticking to it
> Marc
I am a musician. I have written and performed music in large
concert halls before audiences of tens of thousands. That said,
music is worthless until it is shared! The clenched fist can
receive nothing. It is the open hand that receives the gift. As
an artist the reason I perform is to move the audience and share
in their discovery of my art.
The real criminal is the music industry. I'll give you an
example. Consider Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life."
That album could never have been produced today. Why? Because
each and every cut on that two album set was a gem and rose to
the top of the hit charts. Today, the music industry would have
tried to take each of those individual songs and put them on
sperate CDs. They would have rushed Stevie to quickly write some
substandard filler songs. This is what is known as ripping off
the consumer. However, what most people do not realize is, this
also rips off the artist. An artist lives for the perfection of
his art. You'd never demand a chef in a fine restaurant serve up
a raw dish just to move a crowd through and get their money.
However, the music industry routinely demands that artist serve
up work that is hastily prepared and not quite ready for public
consumption just so they can sell that one masterpiece. This is
why people are rebelling against the music industry. They're
tired of being fleeced every time they buy a CD.
The robbery does not end here! The music industry also rips off
it's own artists. The group "TLC" at one time was only getting
.05 per CD sell. They wrote much of their music and performed
their songs. They sacrificed refining their art. Did they reap
the profits? NO! Some fat cats who probably couldn't carry a
tune in a bucket were getting rich off their efforts. Toni
Braxton who can sing the phone book and make it sound like hot
buttered soul had to file for bankruptcy. Same story. She was
getting a pittance. If this were not the case, why would so many
artist support file sharing? The reason they support file
sharing is because they make most of their money selling tickets
to their concerts and tours. How do you promote these tours and
increase ticket sells? Well, getting your music out to as much
of the public as possible is one way.
You purport to be a religious man... Of course I'm curious as to
what you're doing here sullying your white robes by rubbing
shoulders with the sinners in this forum. What I find most
amazing is, you're in essence *defending* the real thieves and
robbers who are the music industry! These people are no
different than any other hacker who gains unauthorized access to
a computer system. Could you imagine me hacking into First
National Bank's credit card database to see if they were storing
any of my personal information? Do you actually believe that
would be a credible defense in court? "Your honor, I was merely
trying to make sure they didn't have my personal information in
their file system." The RIAA has even proposed releasing viruses
on to the Internet. I'm wondering why the US Dept. of Homeland
Security hasn't arrested them all on conspiracy charges.
As a religious man, I'm sure you're familiar with the passage
found in Galatians chapter 6 verse 7? If not, I'll quote it here
for you. "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he also reap." The music industry is
reaping what they have sown. And one cannot go against the will
of God.
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"Quoth The RaVeN Never More."
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