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I beleive that it is right for people to enjoy music freely without shelling out massive bucks to recording companies of which the artist receives a half a procent or similar.

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I believe the key to the fundamental flaw in logic in Infinity's argument is right here. You see, if I go out and buy a CD or cassette of the new Nelly Furtado album, the recording company that she has a contract with is going to give her part of the profits. In your opinion, it's only a half or a percent or so. However, if I pay you ten bucks to make download the songs to her album and put them on a CD for me, you get to keep all of the money. Nelly Furtado sees nothing for her effort.

2) If someone else makes a copy of something on which you own the copyright, it is stealing.

3) Stealing is wrong.

1) Stealing is wrong because it deprives one of the enjoyment they obtain from an object.

2) Making a bootleg CD's of MP3's and selling those CD's deprives the originator of the enjoyment of earning the proceeds from the legal sell of that object.

3) Therefore, selling a bootleg CD of MP3's is wrong.

It's valid (the conclusion follows from the two premises) and sound (all premises are true).

And you've made a huge leap in your arguments Infinity:

"I beleive that it is right for people to enjoy music freely without shelling out massive bucks to recording companies"

Now, I'd bet there are a few people here with illegal mp3's on their hard drive. Fair enough. It's naughty.

"I cannot beleive I have met a person that finds the free exchange of information immoral, why should people have to listen to shit-quality radio that blares out advertisements most of the time."

And here's the leap. First, music doesn't count as "Free information", any more than novels or films do. Second, those advertisements are there to pay the record company, who pay the artist.

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Originally posted by PsyLiam:
And thirdly, it's hardly "free exchange of information" if you are charging people for it, is it?

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"...I do not make a lot in terms of profit."

Rather then a CD with one or two good tracks and nine or ten really crappy tracks ...

Which is why I hate buying CDs. I mean, I think The Offspring's last CD was a "best buy" in terms of great songs: Feelings, Have You Ever, Kid's Aren't Alright, Pretty Fly (For A White Guy), She's Got Issues, Walla-Walla, Why Don't You Get A Job, & Staring at the Sun. However, most CDs REALLY suck. I mean, christ, the new Weezer album has like TWO good songs, and eight crap songs. So, essentially, you're paying about $8 per song.