RE: Illegal downloading
June 21, 2009 at 5:15 pm
(This post was last modified: June 21, 2009 at 5:15 pm by Meatball.)
I have no qualms with downloading copywritten material, such as movies and music.
I feel that art has been commercialized and turned into a product, which goes against the whole idea of art as a form of expression. I download music I want to hear because technology has given us the gift to access endless libraries of art at the touch of a button, despite companies fighting to make it a profitable product for the last century. I shouldn't have to pay anybody to experience art.
I don't equte a download with lost revenue. I download as much music as I do (2 or 3 albums a week) because it's available, not because I'm filling a need. If I didn't have an internet connection there's no way I would be purchasing 2 or 3 albums a week. Honestly, I might buy 1 every couple months if I had no other access to music, but for $15-20 a pop I simply couldn't afford it at the rate I'm used to.
Music is an artform and is in need of a revoution. The truth is, music doesn't need to be profitable. Once the record industry collapses and it's no longer considered a "get rich" scheme to write music, we'll see more true artists creating music out of love for the artform, as opposed to people writing music to fulfill a contract or to fund their party habits. I don't think artists need us to buy plastic discs to promote truly great art. It just happens.
I feel that art has been commercialized and turned into a product, which goes against the whole idea of art as a form of expression. I download music I want to hear because technology has given us the gift to access endless libraries of art at the touch of a button, despite companies fighting to make it a profitable product for the last century. I shouldn't have to pay anybody to experience art.
I don't equte a download with lost revenue. I download as much music as I do (2 or 3 albums a week) because it's available, not because I'm filling a need. If I didn't have an internet connection there's no way I would be purchasing 2 or 3 albums a week. Honestly, I might buy 1 every couple months if I had no other access to music, but for $15-20 a pop I simply couldn't afford it at the rate I'm used to.
Music is an artform and is in need of a revoution. The truth is, music doesn't need to be profitable. Once the record industry collapses and it's no longer considered a "get rich" scheme to write music, we'll see more true artists creating music out of love for the artform, as opposed to people writing music to fulfill a contract or to fund their party habits. I don't think artists need us to buy plastic discs to promote truly great art. It just happens.
- Meatball
