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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
So you'll forgive the non-paying client who says "well, I know I paid you $20k last month, but I don't think I've gotten that much value from the work, so keep working for free"?
Personally, I haven't paid more for a CD than I thought it was worth to me at the time. Nor have I purchased anything else that wasn't worth it to me at the time. I'm the guy all economists assume everyone is like, apparently.
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Burger, my man, my theory is pretty damn simple.
By stealing music off the net, we are working a sort of chemotherapy on a dying industry. Music is a bloated sow of a business, with legions of go-between men suckling at the teat of the artists, consumers and manufacturers. Too many mouths to feed create shitty product aimed at maximum quick cash.
By squeezing the industry and pushing out many of the extra mouths, you create a leaner business which better benfits the consumer. Shit, look at how the chains are already beginning to lower the prices of many new cds to compete.
The stealing is justified because the industry/consumer relationship was inequitably tilted horrendously in favor of the industry. The only way to lower the prices and remedy the inequity was something as drastic as file sharing. When Jack Valenti and the folks at the labels cry that they're being put out of business, they are incorrect. They're putting themselves out of business by fucking the consumer dry. Just because people will continually buy what you sell does not mean you can forever inflate prices while simultaneously degraded product quality. The industry is getting exactly what it deserves.
