Thursday, October 02, 2003
Arrr!
Normally, I crap on people who say things in The Daily Cal. Today, I'm taking a glance at some downloaders quoted in The East Bay Express. The self-righteousness these people have is apalling.
"If the record companies weren't so greedy, I would buy a lot more music." If the record companies weren't so greedy, they wouldn't be very successful, and there wouldn't be a lot more music to buy. Artists need financial support to do things, and a lot of them have to rely on big rich people to provide that, in exchange for money. Most artists are not independently wealthy.
"I'll go out and buy their CD," he says. "I like having the art and liner notes, and besides, if they produce good music, I'm willing to pay for it." Okay, so there's a few types of music in a person's opinion. Good music, and bad music. If it's good music, he's willing to go out and buy it. If it's bad music he's not, and will just download it. Which raises the question: Why are you downloading crappy music?
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