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01-31-2008 11:25 PM -
I really like what MrBrau1 posted. The downloaders who download illegal music are greedy too. They all want the largest music collection on earth without paying a dime for it. All of my friends who download off Limewire have this mentality that it's so cool to have a 500gb music collection. Oh, but they don't want to pay anything for that collection. Isn't that greed? It doesn't make sense.
All I hear is greed, greed, greed. Usually, I hear this from people that are not wealthy. I'm not denying that there is some pathetic greedy people out there. However, the American dream, or the French dream, or the German dream, is not working in a cube for 50 years. The dream is becoming wealthy and most are not. There is nothing wrong with the desire, pursuit to wealth. As long as you don't hurt other people, steal from other people along the way, a little greed is necessary because let me tell you from first hand experience, starting a successful company IS NOT EASY and you need to have an underlying reason for even attempting it to begin with. The same goes for being a rock star.
Record labels need to adapt. I'm all for that and you are right. However, that still doesn't make downloading free music right. Second, the fact that limewire is used for legal purposes is more of a lawyer response because I'd be willing to bet that 99% of Limewire is used for non-legal downloads. Everyone I know who uses it (which is a lot of people) only use it to download free music. Just because a few people actually use it for legal purposes doesn't mean it still shouldn't be shut down.
And yes, some of this is about greed, but it's also about practical business. Record labels and publishing companies are necessary if an artist or band wants to even have a chance for the big time. It would be like owning a company without financial backing, and without a marketing / sales department. Running a successful band (just like running a successful company) means you need to rely on others with experience in their respected fields to help 'you' become more successful. Doing it all by yourself rarely works, both in music and in business.
Artist should make money from their art, you can't argue that. And, the better your material is and the more popular you are, you should become wealthy. Just like a sports athlete, just like a movie star, it's no different. Even to the average joe working in a cubicle. Would you bust your ass while you're company is telling you 'well, we'll have to take half your salary because of theft, so you will make 20k instead of 40k.' Nope, no one would.
You see, I truly understand that the music industry needs to change some what, etc. However, let's not look away from the fact that people should pay for music. And bands should be compensated for it. Every time I say this, why does it always go back to record label greed. Yes, that does exist, but how do you change record label greed without hurting the artist because by stealing music, the artist are the last ones to receive the paycheck. So, guess who is getting screwed the most? The bottom line is artist should get paid for their work. Downloading free music will not take the greed away or solve anything.
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we don't need no more stinkin taxes. 
Since when did Paul join the Gestapo?
We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. 
